hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
young girl; lass; adolescent female
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
little finger; pinky; little toe
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
imp; elf; pixie; goblin; devilkin
10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
small change; coins; small sum of money
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
ripple (on water); wavelets
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)
small hill; low hill; hillock
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
hyuganatsu (species of citrus, Citrus tamurana)
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
small hawk or falcon (used for hunting); falconry (using small hawks or falcons)
kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
dancing or jumping for joy
miniaturization; miniaturisation; downsizing
to happen to hear; to overhear
small grain; small stature or ability
light brown; golden brown; tan
tip of the hand; (use of) one's hands; cheap trick; superficial wit; cheap; makeshift (e.g. measures)
impudence; cheekiness; impertinence
preliminary test or trial; tryout
earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
tight turn; adaptability; flexibility; maneuverability
particular; hard to please; fussy
small chrysanthemum; small, low-grade piece of Japanese paper (used as a kettle rest, tissue, etc.); (arch.) piece of paper given as a tip in a red-light district (that can later be exchanged for money)
janitor; caretaker; custodian; (slighting reference to a) handyman
nostrils; wings of the nose
to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish
stylish; smart; chic; (arch.) conceited; (arch.) cheeky
microminiature; ultraminiature; ultra-small
(apportioning) in small amounts
delicate technique (in sumo, judo, etc.); little trick; subtle maneuver
baby monkey; small monkey
to be somewhat stylish; to be somewhat chic
cut end; edge (of a page, etc.); small amount; small quantity; beginning; clue
to have a short turning radius (e.g. car); to be adaptable; to be quick to respond to shifting circumstances
provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling
small restaurant; eating house
(arch.) small cedar; thin Japanese paper (used as tissue during the Edo period)
small face (of a woman; generally considered attractive)
trifling matter; urination; urine
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
small saucepan; small pot
a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed; extremely embarrassing; extremely embarrassed
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
retail store; retail shop
small insect; midge; vermicule
Indian summer (around November); mild late autumn weather; mild late fall weather
anecdote; brief (comic) story
one-eyed goblin; one-eyed monster
head of an organizational section; head of an organisational section
overhear; happened to hear that
brat; greenhorn; novice; green youth; child
haberdashery; sundries store
skillful; clever; versatile; handy
Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)
small gate; side gate; wicket gate; side door
small build; small stature
little shop; small shop; my shop; low class whorehouse in Fujiwara (Edo period); low class brothel; passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tōhoku region)
to bow slightly; to make a slight bow
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
fine wrinkles; crow's feet
moderately wealthy person
small tatami room; extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture); room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony)
small ball; globule; bead; small vegetable or piece of fruit
short steps; mincing stride; crotch; groin; thigh
lowercase letter; small letter
fool; someone beneath one's contempt
willow tit (Parus montanus)
small horse; pony; foal; colt; filly
small tiger; light drinker; occasional drinker
one's son; you little bastard; you little brat
to push (someone) around; to shove around; to treat roughly; to bully
fox cub; little fox; small fox; juvenile fox
small businessman; petty trader
small garden; small place
to look displeased; (lit.) to flare one's nostrils
shrimp (infraorder Caridea); small shrimp, prawn or lobster
Little New Year (festival held on January 15); 14th-16th days of the first month of the year; Koshogatsu
raised tatami-floored seating area (usu. in a Japanese restaurant); small separate dining room
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
casual dish (esp. Japanese food); simple dish
gauntlet (used in Kendo); bracer; fencing glove
casting pearls before swine; (lit.) (giving) a gold coin to a cat
photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)
small truck; pickup truck; pickup; van
naughty boy; mischievous boy; little rascal; brat
small tengu; promising young martial arts practitioner
magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave
pitching a tent; putting up a shack or tent (e.g. a circus tent); (theater, circus, etc.) tent or shack
Siberian blue robin (Luscinia cyane)
small household fly (e.g. fruit fly)
nearly half a day; approximately half a day
rent paid by a tenant farmer
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
Manneken Pis (cupid-like statue urinating into a fountain); Petit Julien
knife attached to the sheath of a sword
quibble; pointless argument
koshinbun (type of early Meiji-era newspaper); minor journal; local newspaper
lock of hair (on the side of the head)
wrestler of the fourth highest rank
small administrative unit (of a village)
komaru (type of playing cards)
small piece (e.g. of cloth)
small; narrow; single-breadth cloth (approx. 36 cm wide)
light or fine rain; drizzle
carving with a knife; handiwork done with a knife; cheap trick; simple trickery; petty stratagem
Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta; ditty; ballad; kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
Aikido technique, wherein the opponent is brought down by twisting his or her arm away from the body
a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed
lull (e.g. in the rain); break
(arch.) Inula japonica; (arch.) small cart; (arch.) small carriage; wheeled palanquin (with a castle-shaped box)
(ornamental) tip of a scabbard
small portion; small serving
small plank; piece of wood
to make out a check (cheque); to write out a check
a little stylish; chic; trendy
small shell; small shellfish; kanji "shell" radical at left
Little Edo; town or neighbourhood with an old townscape reminiscent of Edo
young elephant; baby elephant
remora; suckerfish; sharksucker (any fish of family Echeneidae); live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)
secondary taro corm; daughter taro corm; taro cormel; taro bud
recovering slightly; making a small rally
laths; bamboo lathing; short kyogen dance, danced to chanted accompaniment
Reeves spirea (Spiraea cantoniensis)
3-4 point (in go); komoku
just before noon; late-morning snack
delicate flavor; subtle feeling; subtlety; delicacy
mild late autumn day (around November); mild late fall day
tumbler; self-righting doll
small roof (e.g. over the first storey of a building, a window, an attached shed or veranda, etc.); overhang
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught
green-winged teal (species of duck, Anas crecca)
crushed rice; tiny pieces of rice
childish reaction (like that of an elementary school student); unsophisticated reaction
putting on a brave front; pretending one doesn't care; (lit.) song of a convict on their way to prison
manufacturer's suggested retail price; MSRP; recommended retail price; RRP; list price
limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll
kouchigari (judo); minor inner reap; minor inner reaping throw
small (compact) car; minicar
Ursa Minor (constellation); the Lesser Bear
small arms; light weapons
sounding someone out; putting out a feeler; testing the waters; small jackpot (esp. pachinko)
microminiaturization; micro-miniaturization
(former) postal note (abolished in 1951); postal order
(of a woman) slender and smartly shaped
small eggplant; Japanese yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia japonica)
to put on a triumphant air
starting field not containing any 20-point cards (in hanafuda)
undulating melodic ornamentation or embellishment, esp. in folk and popular songs; unit of timber measurement
Canis Minor (constellation); the Lesser Dog
Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora); small pine (esp. one pulled from the ground during "ne-no-hi-no-asobi")
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
kid; young goat; goatling
armlock throw; forearm throw
parcel bomb; mail bomb; letter bomb
mid-sized konoshiro gizzard shad (i.e. about 15 cm in size)
warp rib weave cotton fabric (from Kokura)
cashier's cheque; cashier's check; demand draft; remittance check
durum wheat (Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum durum)
miniaturization technology
pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos kizuki)
half-moon (of a fingernail)
kojishi; noh mask representing a young lion; lion cub
wooden rods (square, used in a pair) used in Kansai-area rakugo (e.g. to mark scene changes); small clapper
to be slightly offended; to be somewhat irritated
motorcycle, greater than or equal to 250cc
trough shell adductor muscle; columella
size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch; (lit.) Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
chalcid (fly, wasp); chalcis (fly)
unloading a barge; small pieces of fried tofu; palanquin that carried guests to and from the red light district
chopping finely; slicing up finely; something chopped up finely
first verse of a nursery rhyme sung by children on cold days (similar to "It's Raining, It's Pouring")
little tern (the official bird of Chiba); sterna albifrons
to shade one's eyes with one's hand (blocking sunlight, looking afar, etc.)
landed and tenant farming; landed farming with some tenant farming on the side
tenant farming; sharecropping
small electrical and electronic equipment
collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat in the New Year)
moon on the night before a full moon; moon on the 14th day of the month (by the lunar calendar)
international parcel post (Japan Post international mail service for packages weighing less than 30 kg)
to be completely disgusted with; to be absolutely fed up with; to run out of patience with
(arch.) small purification wand; thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods)
kobori; swimming while wearing armor
Edo-period lump of silver used as currency
to sell wholesale to a retailer
falconry (using small hawks or falcons)
pieces of meat (often sold in a pack); shaved meat
clave-like folk instrument; two bamboo pieces beaten together
Dorcus rectus (species of stag beetle)
small strap tied at the waist of a hanpi
bradawl (woodworking tool)
Vulpecula (constellation); the Fox
sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus)
small woman; young woman; young maid
reef knot; flat knot; square knot
lively or quick witted person
flightless cormorant; Galapagos cormorant
dwarf-throwing; dwarf-tossing; midget-tossing
it is wiser to make money steadily over time; light gains make heavy purse; (lit.) better small takings than a large win
clear, with brief light rain
traveler's check; traveller's cheque
traveler's check; traveller's cheque
counterfeit check (cheque); bad paper
dishonored check; dishonoured cheque
checkbook diplomacy; chequebook diplomacy
cutting guide board for noodles
minor fluctuations (e.g. in a market); small movements
certified check; certified cheque
Leo Minor (constellation); the Small Lion
prop master; property master
doing or saying something a little stupid
small special-purpose vehicle
everyone has their favorite; pick the right thing to please someone; (lit.) catnip for cats, gold coins for prostitutes
Large-scale Retail Store Law
small two-wheeler (e.g. moped)
Edo-period small-size single-sheet prints containing puzzles, short stories, etc.; Edo-period playbills
to rally a little (e.g. market)
walking with short steps; (arch.) errand boy
small special-purpose vehicle
perpetual land lease; perpetual tenant farmer
over-thigh scooping body drop
small packet (Japan Post international mail service for packages weighing less than 2 kg)
spindle tree; euonymus alatus f. ciliatodentatus
Equuleus (constellation); the Colt
to raise a girl is costlier than one would expect (like how a small bag can hold more than it seems); (lit.) small bag and young woman; young women are fragile and great care must be taken with them (just as with small bags)
small standard worn on the back of armour during battle
parcel (to be sent by post)
the right to tenant farm in perpetuity
the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election; (lit.) children of (Junichiro) Koizumi
emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccum)
Siebold maple; acer sieboldianum
Reticulum (constellation); the Reticle
Enhanced Small Device Interface; ESDI
betrothal money given from man to woman
small round structured virus; SRSV
short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
red-cheeked myna (Sturnus phillippensis); violet-backed starling
hōei koban; koban coined during the Hōei period
over-thigh scooping body drop
garden maple; komine maple; acer micranthum
taking whatever one can get one's hands on; being greedy; (lit.) accepting a padded silk sleeve even in summer
cowrie (esp. the chocolate cowrie, Mauritia mauritiana); cowry
konara oak (Quercus serrata); pin oak
Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)
symphylan (any centipede-like arthropod of class Symphyla)
Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea)
pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
Castanopsis cuspidata (species of chinquapin)
Japanese foliage spider (Chiracanthium japonicum)
little penguin (Eudyptula minor); fairy penguin
rosy-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis)
eyebright (Euphrasia sp.)
smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
little madam; young and fashion-conscious woman married to a high-earning man
pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata)
short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhyncus)
little egret (Egretta garzetta)
braconid; member of the Braconidae (family of parasitic wasps)
little penguin (Eudyptula minor); fairy penguin
pygmy hog (Porcula salvania)
tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis)
Ephippianthus schmidtii (species of orchid)
little owl (Athene noctua)
Chinese flowering ash (Fraxinus lanuginosa form. serrata)
lesser flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor)
Asian lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura shantungensis)
merlin (Falco columbarius); pigeon hawk
lesser roadrunner (Geococcyx velox)
black-browed reed warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps)
tineid (any moth of family Tineidae)
Laysan albatross (Diomedea immutabilis)
common duckweed (Lemna minor); lesser duckweed
Culex tritaeniorhynchus (species of mosquito)
black-capped chickadee (Parus atricapillus)
Carolina chickadee (Parus carolinensis)
James's flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi); Puna flamingo
wild rocambole (Allium grayi); Alpine leek (Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum)
dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima)
least auklet (Aethia pusilla)
hart's-tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)
Hosta sieboldii (species of plantain lily)
vaquita (Phocoena sinus); cochito; gulf porpoise
Auckland teal (Anas aucklandica); Auckland Islands teal
little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius)
Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis)
ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
dwarf eelgrass (Nanozostera japonica); Japanese eelgrass
pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)
redtop (species of bent grass, Agrostis gigantea)
common clothes moth (Tineola biselliella)
Gomphina melanegis (species of Venus clam)
little Japanese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus cornutus); Japanese lesser horseshoe bat
Old World forked fern (Dicranopteris linearis)
lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)
yellow-vented hornet (Vespa analis)
Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis)
aphelinid wasp (Encarsia formosa)
Japanese noctule (Nyctalus furvus)
Haviside's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii)
Oreorchis patens (species of orchid)
piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
minke whale; piked whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus); dotterel
Ussuri tube-nosed bat (Murina ussuriensis)
chamberbitter (Phyllanthus urinaria); gripeweed; shatterstone; stonebreaker; leafflower
finepatterned puffer (Takifugu poecilonotus)
Amitostigma kinoshitae (species of orchid)
wedgeleaf primrose (Primula cuneifolia); pixie-eye primrose
approximately thirty minutes
young man (who has recently undergone his manhood ceremony)
short-bow archery contest
girl-in-training (e.g. a geisha-in-training or a girl who performs miscellaneous tasks in a brothel); brat; scamp; disciple; apprentice
small drink; small amount of alcohol
Chinese chive; garlic chive (Allium tuberosum)
thin Japanese paper (used as tissue during the Edo period)
Kobayashi Station (Chiba)
Koyanagi Station (Aomori)