~もようだ(~模様だ)      => look; perhaps; seems N1
くらいなら/ぐらいなら => rather than (do …)​ N1
にほかならない/からにほかならない => nothing but; none other than ~ N2
いまさらながら => Still ... now N3
Time
Trợ từ + なら => If... N4
Condition (hypothetical condition)
...ようなら => If... N2
Condition (hypothetical condition)
なんら~ ない => nothing, absolutely not … N2
Emphasize the negative meaning
なら => If N4
Conditional
ねばならない/ねばならぬ/ねば => have to do; must; should ~ N2
(の) なら~するな => If...then don't... N3
Condition (hypothetical condition)
… となったら => If... N2
Condition (hypothetical condition)
~なるべくなら => as much as possible N1
Condition (hypothetical condition)