| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | exp A proverb meaning not to lower oneself to unjust acts no matter how desperate | 渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず |
| gen. | exp yoji A virtuous person does should not commit an act that offends his moral principles no matter how hard pressed he may be | 悪木盗泉 |
| gen. | n yoji according to how the situation develops | 様子次第 |
| gen. | envision how things will turn out | 先が見える (usu. unfortunate) |
| gen. | exp Everything depends on how you look at it | 気は持ち様 |
| gen. | n yoji firmly understanding how the situation is developing | 動向把握 |
| gen. | exp v1 from palanquin bearers gauging how weary a traveler's feet are, and raising the price accordingly | 足下を見る |
| gen. | exp v1 from palanquin bearers gauging how weary a traveler's feet are, and raising the price accordingly | 足元を見る |
| gen. | n yoji getting a good sense of how things are changing | 動向把握 |
| comp., MS | Help and how-to | ヘルプと使い方 (A section of windowsphone.com containing procedural topics, videos, and links to support information about Windows Phone and related technologies) |
| gen. | exp How about ...? | どうしてる |
| gen. | exp How about ...? | どうだい |
| gen. | exp how about ...? | どうかな |
| gen. | adv uk how about | 如何 ichi1 (いかん) |
| gen. | exp How about ...? I wonder | どうかしら |
| gen. | adv uk pol how admirably | 善くぞ |
| gen. | exp How are things with you? | いかがお過ごしですか |
| gen. | exp uk How are you? | ご機嫌いかがですか |
| gen. | exp how are you? | お元気ですか |
| gen. | exp How are you doing? | いかがお過ごしですか |
| slang | exp obsc How are you today? | きょどる |
| slang | exp obsc How are you today? | キョドる |
| gen. | n yoji how bad traffic jams are | 混雑具合 |
| obs. | how can? | 何じょう |
| obs. | how can? | 何条 |
| gen. | exp yoji How can a small bird a sparrow, a petty person understand the aspirations of a great bird | 燕雀鴻鵠 (a phoenix) |
| gen. | exp how can one do something | どうしたら |
| gen. | exp uk How can you have the nerve? | 善くもまあ |
| gen. | exp uk How can you have the nerve? | 善くもそんなことを |
| abbr. | How convenient for you to show up! | 鴨ねぎ |
| abbr. | How convenient for you to show up! | 鴨ネギ |
| abbr. | How convenient for you to show up! | 鴨葱 |
| gen. | adv uk How could ... | 善くも ichi1 |
| gen. | exp obsc How could I you, etc. ...? | 何の顔あって |
| gen. | exp obsc How could I you, etc. ...? | 何のかんばせあって |
| gen. | exp How could I you, etc. ...? | どの面さげて |
| gen. | exp How could I you, etc. ...? | どの面下げて |
| gen. | adv uk How dare ... | 善くも ichi1 |
| gen. | exp How dare you they, etc., have the nerve to ...? | どの面下げて |
| gen. | exp uk How dare you! | 善くもそんなことを |
| gen. | exp How dare you they, etc., have the nerve to ...? | どの面さげて |
| gen. | exp obsc How dare you they, etc., have the nerve to ...? | 何の顔あって |
| gen. | exp obsc How dare you they, etc., have the nerve to ...? | 何のかんばせあって |
| gen. | exp uk How dare you! | 善くもまあ |
| gen. | exp obsc How dare you! | 挑戦いかに |
| gen. | exp How did you like ...? | どうしてる |
| gen. | exp How did you like ...? | どうだい |
| comp., MS | How do | 操作方法 (A page that presents a categorical view of select Help content that the user can browse. Depending on the edition, multiple How Do I pages might be available for use) |
| gen. | exp uk How do you do? | 始めまして |
| gen. | int uk how do you do? | 御機嫌よう |
| gen. | int uk how do you do? | ご機嫌よう |
| gen. | exp uk How do you do? | 初めまして |
| gen. | how do you read | 感明度いかが |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how far | 何のくらい |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how far | 何の位 |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how far | 何れくらい |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how far | どれ位 |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how far | 何れぐらい |
| gen. | adv uk how far | 何処迄 |
| gen. | adv uk how far | 何処まで |
| gen. | adv int uk how far | 何ぼ |
| gen. | adv int uk how far | 何ぼう old form of 何ぼ |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how far | 何れ位 |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how far | どの位 ichi1 spec1 |
| gen. | n how goods are used | 使途 news1 nf06 (しと) |
| gen. | exp how have you been? | お変わりありませんか (gen. used after some time apart) |
| gen. | exp n how it came about | 事の起こり |
| gen. | exp n how it happened | 事の起こり |
| gen. | exp n how it originated | 事の起こり |
| gen. | n how it started | 経緯 news1 nf04 (keii) |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how long | 何の位 |
| gen. | n how long? | 何ヶ月 |
| gen. | adv uk how long? | 何時まで |
| gen. | exp uk how long | 何時から |
| gen. | n how long? | 何箇月 |
| gen. | n how long? | 何か月 |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how long | 何のくらい |
| gen. | exp how long | どれだけ spec1 |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how long | 何れぐらい |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how long | 何れ位 |
| gen. | adv int uk how long | 何ぼう old form of 何ぼ |
| gen. | adv int uk how long | 何ぼ |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how long | どれ位 |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how long | 何れくらい |
| gen. | adv uk how long? | 何時迄 |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how long | どの位 ichi1 spec1 |
| gen. | adv int uk how many | 何ぼう old form of 何ぼ |
| gen. | n how many? | 何頭 (large animals) |
| gen. | adv uk how many? | 幾つ ichi1 news1 nf16 (いくつ) |
| gen. | adv n uk how many? | 幾ら ichi1 news2 nf37 (いくら) |
| gen. | how many? | 幾 ichi1 in the form 幾+ctr+か |
| gen. | adv n-t uk how many | 幾ばく |
| gen. | adv how many | 幾程 |
| gen. | adv n-t uk how many | 幾何 |
| gen. | adv n-t uk how many | 幾許 (いくばく) |
| gen. | adv n uk how many | 如何程 |
| gen. | pref how many | 何 ichi1 news1 nf02 |
| gen. | adv int uk how many | 何ぼ |
| gen. | n how many? | 何人 (people) |
| gen. | n how many days? | いく日 |
| gen. | n how many days? | 幾日 ichi1 |
| gen. | how many days | 何日 |
| gen. | exp how many hours? | 何時間 |
| gen. | n how many minutes? | 何分 |
| gen. | n how many months? | 何箇月 |
| gen. | n how many months? | 何ヶ月 |
| gen. | n how many months? | 何か月 |
| gen. | n how many people | 何名 |
| gen. | exp how many people | 何人様 |
| gen. | n how many pieces | 何個 |
| gen. | n how many pieces | 何箇 |
| gen. | exp how many points | 何点 |
| gen. | n how many thin flat objects? | 何枚 |
| gen. | exp how many times | 何べん |
| gen. | n how many times? | 何度 ichi1 news1 nf03 |
| gen. | exp how many times | 何遍 ichi1 |
| gen. | n how many times? | 何回 news1 nf08 |
| gen. | n how many words | 何語 |
| gen. | n how many years | 何年 |
| gen. | exp how money is used | 金の使途 |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how much | 何れぐらい |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how much | 何れ位 |
| gen. | adv int uk how much | 何ぼう old form of 何ぼ |
| gen. | adv int uk how much | 何ぼ |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how much | どれ位 |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how much | 何れくらい |
| gen. | adv n uk how much? | 幾ら ichi1 news2 nf37 (いくら) |
| gen. | uk how much | 如何に ichi1 |
| gen. | how much | 何処 ichi1 news2 nf47 (long, far) |
| gen. | how much | 何處 oK (long, far) |
| gen. | adv n uk how much | 何程 (long, far) |
| gen. | how much | どの辺 ichi1 |
| gen. | adv uk how much | 如何許 |
| gen. | adv n-t uk how much | 幾ばく |
| gen. | adv n-t uk how much | 幾許 (いくばく) |
| gen. | adv n uk how much | 如何程 |
| gen. | how much | 何の辺 |
| gen. | adv n uk how much | 何れ程 (long, far) |
| gen. | adv n uk how much | どれ程 (long, far) |
| gen. | how much | 何所 (long, far) |
| gen. | how much? | 幾 ichi1 in the form 幾+ctr+か |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how much | 何の位 |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how much | 何のくらい |
| gen. | adv how much | どんなに ichi1 |
| gen. | adv n-t uk how much | 幾何 |
| gen. | exp how much | どれだけ spec1 |
| gen. | adv how much | 幾程 |
| gen. | exp n-adv uk how much | どの位 ichi1 spec1 |
| gen. | exp How nice of you | 御親切に |
| gen. | exp How nice of you | ご親切に |
| gen. | exp how often | 何遍 ichi1 |
| gen. | exp how often | 何べん |
| gen. | n how often? | 何度 ichi1 news1 nf03 |
| obs. | n how old? | 幾歳 |
| gen. | n how old? | 何才 |
| gen. | how old? | 幾つ ichi1 news1 nf16 (いくつ) |
| gen. | n how old? | 何歳 |
| gen. | exp How's it going? | どうしてる |
| gen. | exp How's it going? | どうだい |
| gen. | exp How sad | 哀哉 |
| gen. | exp How sad | 悲しい哉 |
| gen. | exp How sad | 悲しいかな |
| gen. | exp how should I know? | 知らんがな |
| gen. | exp How should I know? | 知るものか |
| gen. | adv uk pol how skillfully | 善くぞ |
| gen. | n yoji a decision hinging on how someone feels about it | 胸先三寸 |
| abbr. | how something comes out | 揚がり |
| abbr. | how something comes out | 上がり ichi1 news1 nf08 (あかり) |
| gen. | exp how soon | いつになったら |
| gen. | n-t how soon | 何時頃 ichi1 |
| gen. | n-t how soon | 何時ごろ |
| gen. | n-t how soon | いつ頃 spec1 |
| gen. | n-adv pn uk how soon | 何時 ichi1 news2 nf29 |
| gen. | how things are | あり方 |
| gen. | how things are | 在り方 |
| gen. | n how things got this way | 経緯 news1 nf04 (keii) |
| gen. | adj-pn how-to | ハウ・トゥー |
| gen. | n how-to | ハウツー本 (book) |
| gen. | n how-to | ハウトゥー本 (book) |
| gen. | adj-pn how-to | ハウトゥー |
| gen. | adj-pn how-to | ハウ・ツー |
| gen. | adj-pn how-to | ハウツー gai1 |
| gen. | n how-to book | 実用書 |
| gen. | n how-to book | ハウツー物 |
| gen. | n how to cut or slice | 切り方 |
| gen. | n how to deal with | 対処法 (problem, etc.) |
| gen. | n how to eat | 食べ方 |
| gen. | exp n how to get along in the world | 遊泳術 |
| gen. | exp n how to get on in life | 遊泳術 |
| gen. | how to grow | 作り方 (something) |
| gen. | how-to guide | レシピー (e.g. crafts) |
| gen. | how-to guide | レシピ (e.g. crafts) |
| gen. | n how to handle | 扱い方 news2 nf28 (e.g. machine) |
| gen. | n how to hold | 持ち方 (chopsticks) |
| gen. | n how to live | 生き方 ichi1 |
| gen. | how to look at something | 見方 ichi1 news1 nf01 (e.g. noh, train schedule, みえかた) |
| gen. | n how to manage | 扱い方 news2 nf28 (e.g. case) |
| gen. | n how to operate | 操作方法 |
| gen. | n how to operate | 運用方法 |
| gen. | n how to reach | 来方 (a place) |
| gen. | n how to read | 読み方 ichi1 news1 nf20 |
| gen. | n how to shoot | 撃ち方 |
| gen. | exp n how to swim | 遊泳術 |
| gen. | n how to use | 使用方法 (something) |
| gen. | n how to use | 使い様 |
| comp., MS | how-to video | 使い方ビデオ (An instructional video showing how to perform certain functions on Windows Phone) |
| baseb. | how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game | 立上り |
| baseb. | how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game | 立上がり |
| baseb. | how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game | 立ち上り |
| baseb. | how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game | 立ち上がり news1 nf10 (たち・あがり) |
| gen. | n how well one controls things | 手綱捌き |
| gen. | n how well one controls things | 手綱さばき |
| sumo. | n how well something has gone | 星勘定 (e.g. in terms of wins over losses) |
| gen. | adv uk pol how wonderfully | 善くぞ |
| gen. | exp if that's how it's going to go | そういうことなら |
| gen. | n I-know-how-it-is look | わけ知り顔 |
| gen. | n I-know-how-it-is look | 訳知り顔 |
| gen. | exp It depends on how you look at it | 物は考え様 |
| gen. | exp It depends on how you use it | 物は使い様 |
| gen. | exp uk it's not what you say, it's how you say it | 物はいいよう |
| gen. | exp uk it's not what you say, it's how you say it | 物は言い様 |
| gen. | exp uk it's not what you say, it's how you say it | 物は言いよう |
| gen. | n Japanese calendar's six labels, indicating how auspicious each day is | 六輝 |
| gen. | n Japanese calendar's six labels, indicating how auspicious each day is | 六曜 |
| gen. | n know-how | ノウハウ gai1 |
| gen. | n uk know-how | 骨 |
| tech. | know-how | ノウハウ |
| IMF. | know-how | 実務知識 |
| gen. | n know-how | ノーハウ |
| gen. | n yoji knowing how matters stand | 状況把握 |
| gen. | n adj-na yoji knowing how to get on in the world | 処世達者 |
| gen. | n adj-na yoji knowing how to get on in the world | 処世上手 |
| gen. | n knowing how to swim | 水心 |
| gen. | exp adj-i knowing how to swim with the tide | 要領が良い |
| gen. | exp adj-i knowing how to swim with the tide | 要領がいい |
| gen. | knowledge of how to use | 勝手 ichi1 news1 nf15 (かつて) |
| gen. | exp like the young man who tried to walk like the Kantan people, gave up, and forgot how to walk | 邯鄲の歩み |
| gen. | exp no child knows how dear he is to his parents | 親の心子知らず |
| gen. | adv no matter how | 到底 ichi1 news2 nf26 |
| gen. | no matter how | たって also だって |
| gen. | no matter how | でも spec1 |
| abbr. | no matter how hard one may try | どうも ichi1 (with negative verb one is unable to) |
| abbr. | no matter how hard one may try not to | どうも ichi1 (with positive verb, esp. -shimau one ends up doing) |
| gen. | adv no matter how hard one might try | 逆立ちしても |
| gen. | exp obsc no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child | 子で子にならぬ時鳥 |
| gen. | exp obsc no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child | 子で子にならぬほととぎす |
| gen. | exp no matter how much time passes | 何時まで経っても |
| gen. | exp no matter how much time passes | いつまで経っても |
| gen. | exp no matter how you look at it | どう見ても |
| gen. | exp uk no matter how you look at it | 幾ら何でも |
| gen. | exp uk no matter how you look at it | いくら何でも |
| gen. | exp uk no matter how you put it | 幾ら何でも |
| gen. | exp uk no matter how you put it | いくら何でも |
| gen. | not know how to act or what to do | 思い余る news2 nf42 |
| gen. | not know how to handle | 梃子摺る |
| gen. | not know how to handle | 梃摺る |
| gen. | not know how to handle | 手子摺る |
| gen. | not know how to handle | 手古摺る ichi2 |
| gen. | not know how to handle | 手こずる |
| inf. | conj or, how should I put it,... | つーか |
| inf. | conj or, how should I put it,... | てゆーか |
| inf. | conj or, how should I put it,... | てか |
| inf. | conj or, how should I put it,... | ってか |
| inf. | conj or, how should I put it,... | ってゆうか |
| inf. | conj or, how should I put it,... | っていうか |
| inf. | conj or, how should I put it,... | っつーか |
| inf. | conj or, how should I put it,... | っつうか |
| gen. | exp adv or, how should I put it | と言うか |
| gen. | see how the land lies | 様子をうかがう |
| gen. | see how the land lies | 様子を伺う |
| gen. | shop-floor know-how | 現場ノウハウ |
| gen. | exp something that cannot be done no matter how hard one tries | 二階から目薬 (and is slightly frustrating because of this) |
| gen. | n study of how to be a good emperor | 帝王学 |
| gen. | exp there is no telling how people are brought together | 縁は異なもの |
| gen. | v1 to be at a loss how to continue | 攻め倦ねる |
| gen. | v1 to be at a loss how to continue | 攻めあぐねる |
| abbr. | n training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out | イメトレ |
| gen. | n training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out | イメージ・トレーニング |
| gen. | n training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out | イメージトレーニング |