small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
natural posture (esp. in judo); natural stance; natural attitude; relaxed manner; calm manner
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
menial; meanness; servility; abject
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
how can (one) do something
coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
to blow off; to be blown off
to get along well with; to make a go of it
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
marlin (fish of the Istiophoridae family); merlin (Falco columbarius); pigeon hawk
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
museum (esp. in memory of a person or event); memorial hall
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
lining; land that does not adjoin to public or private roads
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
this family; we; this house
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials