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Wordpopular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N1  usually written using kana alone  conjunction 

• or, otherwise

Wordpopular  adverb 

• in some cases, sometimes, on occasions

Wordexpression 

• the more I think about it, the more one thinks about it

WordJLPT N2  conjunction 

• and yet, despite this, but even so, but even then, however, nevertheless, for all that, notwithstanding that

Wordexpression 

• either, whichever

Wordpopular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  adverb 

• a kind, a sort, a variety, a species
• of sorts, something of a, a sort of
• sort of, somewhat

Wordpopular  irregular okurigana  JLPT N2  noun  noun (generic) 

• the head, the foremost, beginning, the very front

Wordpopular  expression 

• by any chance, (should) it happen (that), by some chance