substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
sickroom; hospital room; ward
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
critical (condition); serious
step; stride; counter for steps
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
doctor's visit; house call
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
nonchalantly; unconcernedly; casually
idiot; fool; idiocy; stupidity
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
attacking a fleeing enemy; additional attack on a weakened enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation
originally; by nature; from the start
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
good (condition); going well; fine; smooth
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)