small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
long ago; a long time ago; already
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
garden; orchard; park; kindergarten; nursery school; preschool
bento; Japanese box lunch
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
bento; Japanese box lunch
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
(of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
full of ingredients; hearty; substantial
to grow up; to become an adult
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)