fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
mimosa (Mimosa pudica); sensitive plant; touch-me-not
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
frequency (esp. of waveforms)
depending on; dependent on
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
one by one; one each; one at a time
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
construction; architecture (of buildings)
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
coincident with; while; simultaneously
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
guard; security (officer); guardsman