(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
daily necessities; everyday goods
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
founder; originator; pioneer
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)
hotel charges (for lodging, not meals, etc.)
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
cost of a meal (or meals)
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
how; in what way; by what means
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way