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)
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to slide into; to slip into
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
speech; words; one's lines; remarks