small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
don't you think?; indicates question
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
feeling; sense; impression
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
all; entire; whole; altogether
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious