reduced scale; scaling down
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
notes; comment; remark; annotation
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
washing; cleansing; cleaning; cleansing (one's mind and body)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
after that; afterwards; thereafter
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
as expected; as predicted
numerical value; figure; result; reading (on a meter, etc.)
to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
death in battle; death on the battlefield
to occur one after another; to happen in succession
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
aspect; phase; condition; modality
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
triangle; triangular shape
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook