to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to hide; to keep to oneself
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
remote shutter release; cable release
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
-less; lacking; non-existing
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
adds force or indicates command
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
at once; immediately; right now
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
(another's) daughter; young lady
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state