(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
chorus; singing in a chorus
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to become misty; to become hazy
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
ornamental ball-shaped scent bag; decorative paper ball (for festive occasions)
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
literature; books (reference); document
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
official announcement; proclamation
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
sports-minded; sports-oriented
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
vitality; (one's) life force
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically