small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
attack; assault; attempt; try
to take a breath; to take a short rest
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
offense and defense; offence and defence
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
finish; finishing; finishing touches
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
feeling great (refreshed)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
presence; sitting with; being with
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
udon served in a pot with broth
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)