smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
in the mountains; within the grounds of a temple
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
marimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila); round green algae; Cladophora ball; lake ball; moss ball
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
story; tale; talk; discussion
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
to backfire; to have a harmful result
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
favoritism; favouritism; partiality
to say; to be called; to do
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
small; narrow; familiar prefix; slightly; a bit
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
library; book collection; paperback book
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to talk to oneself; to mutter
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to smile (at); to grin (at)
index finger; forefinger; second toe
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained