dwarf; midget; elf; Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
to peddle (goods); to hawk
poisoning; kill by poison
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
the five fingers; leading five; top five
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
knitting; knitted material; crochet