small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to smile (at); to grin (at)
right to know; right to access information
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
state of reduced activity; lull; state of abeyance; stable condition
unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
weakening; emaciation; decline
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
to fall ill; to become indisposed; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
passage; path; route; one's way
slope; slanting surface; bevel
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
each and every person (saying); one and all; unanimously; in unison; separately; individually