small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
stairs; stairway; staircase
joint; link; knot; tie-together point
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
something like ...; something called ...
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
to stand aside; to step to the side; to move aside
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
to begin to do; to start doing; to cater; to make and deliver (food)
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
five (long cylindrical things)
to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
hey there; I say; see here
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
other side; opposite side; other party
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
gnashingly (e.g. gritting one's teeth); with a grinding sound; with a creak
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down