birth; creation; formation
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up