reasons;  circumstances;  significance;  hindrance;  obstruction;  interference
 meticulous;  careful;  discreet;  scrupulous;  prudent
 one's wife;  wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)
 dainty;  delicate (e.g. fingers);  fine;  sensitive;  delicate (feelings, sense, etc.);  subtle
 fine;  minute;  detailed;  meticulous;  precise
 insignificant;  trifling;  paltry;  cottage (industry);  tiny (company)
 minute;  meager;  meagre;  mean
 minute;  micro;  detailed;  delicate;  subtle
 particulars;  details;  specified items
 details;  particulars;  detailed;  minute;  detailed statement
 streamlet;  brooklet;  rivulet
 subdivision (into small parts)
 detailed knowledge;  finely detailed
 bacterium;  bacteria;  germ
 capillary vessel;  capillary
 subdivision;  segmentation;  fractionalization;  fragmentation
 to go into the minutest details
 small piece;  fragment;  chip;  splinter;  strip;  shred
 great and small;  in detail;  all
 small type or handwriting
 (visual) scrutiny;  close inspection;  detailed map;  detailed guide;  guide to the Yoshiwara red light district
 fine brush or pencil;  small or fine handwriting
 by-laws;  detailed regulations
 small tube;  pipette;  tubule
 shredding;  chopping up;  pulping
 fine grain;  fine granule;  microsphere
 slit;  interstice;  narrow aperture
 microlith (small stone tool)
 Siebold's wild ginger (esp. its dried root or rhizome, used as an antitussive and analgesic in traditional Chinese medicine)
 metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs;  cutting a thin sheet of metal into shapes and affixing it with lacquer forming natural features (e.g. clouds)
 detailed annotation;  full annotation;  annotation in small type