even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to be helpful; to be useful
study; diligence; discount; reduction
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
personal; individual; private
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
finish; completion; the end
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to be affected; to put on airs; to pose
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
carving; engraving; sculpture
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
wherein; therein; thereinto
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
decoration; ornament; trimmings
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
ultimate; final; last; eventual
too much; excessively; too
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in