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)
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
radical party; extremists
van (of a movement); vanguard; forefront
match declared drawn due to injury
making noodles by hand; striking a deal; coming to an agreement; killing with bare hands
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
to examine; to check; to inspect
light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
supply; provision; raising; procurement
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
to pull in (fish); to land
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
pistol; handgun; revolver
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
underground; unconventional; radical; shady
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to lure someone; to entice someone
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
how; in what way; circumstances
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)