[koto] (prt) (1) (particle always used at sentence-end) particle indicating a command; (2) (fem) (often as ことね) particle indicating mild enthusiasm; (3) particle indicating a gentle interrogative; (4) (at sentence end as ことよ) particle used to soften a judgment or conclusion #21
[かならず, kanarazu] (adv) always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably; (P) #564
[つねに, tsuneni] (adv) always; constantly; (P) #2686
[ふだん, fudan] (adj-no) (previously written as 不断) usual; habitual; ordinary; everyday; always; (P) #4643
[きめる, kimeru] (v1, vt) (1) to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; (2) to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); (3) to persist in doing; to go through with; (4) (as 決めている) to always do; to have made a habit of; (5) to take for granted; to assume; (6) to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; (7) to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; (8) { MA } to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); (P) #4966
[かならずしも, kanarazushimo] (adv) (not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) all; (not) entirely; (P) #5320
[ねんじゅう(P);ねんちゅう;ねんぢゅう, nenjuu (P); nenchuu ; nendyuu] (n) (1) whole year; all year round; throughout the year; (adv) (2) (ねんじゅう, ねんぢゅう only) always; all the time; (n) (3) (ねんちゅう only) middle class (of a nursery school, etc.); (P) #13252
[いつものとおりに, itsumonotoorini] (adv) as always
[いつもどおり;いつもとおり(ik), itsumodoori ; itsumotoori (ik)] (adv) (See 何時もの通りに) as always; as usual
[おしどりふうふ, oshidorifuufu] (exp) loving couple; couple of lovebirds; happily married couple (who are always together)
[shocchuu] (adv) always; constantly; frequently; often; (P)
[となりのしばふはあおい, tonarinoshibafuhaaoi] (exp) the grass is always greener on the other side
[とはかぎらない, tohakagiranai] (exp) not necessarily so; is not always true
[akurobattochi-mu] (n) (always refers to aircraft, not human acrobats) aerobatic team; acrobatic team
[jasutokurokku] (n) internal clock that is always correct (wasei
[badeishisutemu] (n) buddy system; the idea that divers always dive with a buddy to assist each other
[メシくん, meshi kun] (n) (sl) (See ミツグ君) man only used to receive meals from; man who always pays for food
[やすものがいのぜにうしない, yasumonogainozeniushinai] (exp) you get what you pay for; buying cheap goods is a waste of money (because the quality is always so poor)
[いちじがばんじ, ichijigabanji] (exp) a single instance indicates what happens all the time; one case gives you an idea of what always happens
[いってんいっかくもおろそかにしない, itten'ikkakumoorosokanishinai] (exp) always dot the i's and cross the t's; don't neglect the slightest detail; be punctilious
[かげみ, kagemi] (n) person always at one's side
[おくねん, okunen] (n) something one always remembers
[いつだって, itsudatte] (exp) (See 何時でも) always; at any time
[いつでも(P);なんどきでも, itsudemo (P); nandokidemo] (adv) (uk) (See 何時だって) (at) any time; always; at all times; whenever; (P)
[いつも, itsumo] (adv, n) (1) (uk) always; usually; every time; (2) never (with neg. verb); (P)
[いつもながら, itsumonagara] (adv, adj-no) (uk) as always; as ever
[いらち, irachi] (n) (uk) in a hurry; hustle; person who's always in a rush
[かばんもち, kabanmochi] (n) (1) private secretary; (2) (derog) flunky; someone who is always following around someone of high rank; (3) someone who carries a bag for someone; luggage carrier; carrying a bag
[がとうぐち, gatouguchi] (n) low entrance (usually, but not always, to a teahouse) with a tiled archway overhead
[あまいものはべつばら, amaimonohabetsubara] (exp) there's always room for dessert; lit
[きてん, kiten] (n) light spot (e.g. blip on radar); always-on pixel (as a defect in LCD screens, etc.); calescence point
[つめきる, tsumekiru] (v5r) to be or remain always on hand
[きゅうすればつうず, kyuusurebatsuuzu] (exp) Necessity is the mother of invention; There is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one
[きまって, kimatte] (exp) always; without fail; usually; regularly; (P)
[みるひとはみている, miruhitohamiteiru] (exp) (id) There are always people with discerning eyes
[こきょうぼうじがたし, kokyouboujigatashi] (exp) (id) Home is always sweet to an exile
[ごてごて, gotegote] (n) ending up behind with everything; being always too late (never in time)
[こじきをみっかすればやめられぬ, kojikiwomikkasurebayamerarenu] (exp) (id) Once a beggar, always a beggar
[くちがへらない, kuchigaheranai] (exp, adj-f) (See 口の減らない) fast-talking; always having another argument ready; not able to keep one's mouth shut
[くちのへらない, kuchinoheranai] (adj-f) (See 口が減らない) always having a comeback (often used derogatorily); fast-talking
[いままでどおり, imamadedoori] (exp, n-adv, adj-no) in the same manner as before; the same as always
[しなんしゃ, shinansha] (n) ancient Chinese vehicle with a compass whose needle always pointed south
[やまない, yamanai] (exp, aux-adj) (1) (uk) (See 止む) (after the -te form of a verb) always; forever; (2) very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)
[ななころびやおき(七転び八起き;七転八起);しちてんはっき(七転八起;七顛八起), nanakorobiyaoki ( shichi korobi yaoki ki ; shichi ten yaoki ); shichitenhakki ( shi] (n) the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life; always rising after a fall or repeated failures
[しゅくや, shukuya] (n-t) from morning till night; day and night; always
[かてばかんぐんまければぞくぐん, katebakangunmakerebazokugun] (exp) (id) Losers are always in the wrong
[しょうぶはときのうん, shoubuhatokinoun] (exp) victory depends on the luck of the day (i.e. it isn't always the strongest who wins)
[つねづね, tsunedune] (adv, n) always; usually
[じょうじせつぞく, joujisetsuzoku] (n, adj-no) always-on connection
[じょうじゅうざが, joujuuzaga] (n-adv) at all times; day in, day out; constantly; always