noun:

• a little more than usual; bribe money added to a regular fee; and then some - From English "plus alpha"

adverb / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• a little; partially; somewhat; slightly; semi-; -ish; on the ... side; a short time; a while

noun:

• scholar who knows but little of the ways of the world - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• pinky swear; pinky promise; linking little fingers to confirm a promise ➜ 指切拳万、嘘ついたら針千本呑ます【ゆびきりげんまんうそついたらはりせんぼんのます】・指切り

expression:

• through the grapevine; from a little bird; from tidings on the wind [literal]

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to give a little chuckle; to let out a giggle ➜ クスッと

noun:

• fox cub; little fox; small fox; juvenile fox

noun:

• excess or deficiency; too much or too little - often with なく or のない meaning neither too much nor too little

adverb:

• a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute ➜ ちょっと

noun:

• big fuss over nothing; much cry and little wool; much ado about nothing - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise ➜ 指切拳万、嘘ついたら針千本呑ます【ゆびきりげんまんうそついたらはりせんぼんのます】

adverb:

• a little; a bit; slightly ➜ ちょっと
• just a minute; for a moment; briefly ➜ ちょっと
• somewhat; rather; fairly; pretty; quite ➜ ちょっと

noun:

• poor village; our own (little or poor) village

expression:

• after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward

adjective:

• cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty
• dear; precious; darling; pet
• innocent; childlike; childish; lovable
• dainty; cute little; tiny

expression:

• constant dripping wears away the stone; little strokes fell great oaks; limited strength, when persistently applied, can accomplish great feats - four character idiom

noun:

• scoophead (Sphyrna media, species of little-known hammerhead shark found in tropical waters of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific)

noun:

• slender unicorn (Naso minor, species of Indo-West Pacific tang found from Mozambique to the Philippines); blackspine unicornfish; little unicorn

pre-noun adjectival:

• not a little; not a few; considerable ➜ 少なからず

adverb:

• just a minute; short time; just a little - equiv. of ちょっと - Kansai dialect

noun:

• ignorance of Jōdo Shinshū practitioners (who only chant the Namu Amida Butsu and have little knowledge of other parts of Buddhism) - derogatory term

noun / ~の noun:

• some; few; a number of; a little (bit)

adverbial noun:

• somewhat; to a certain extent

~の noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• many; a lot ［そこばく・そくばく・そこば］ - archaism

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected

expression / noun:

• having no outstanding characteristics; all seeming about the same; bragging competition concerning matters of little importance; pissing contest; height comparison among acorns [literal] - idiom

noun:

• scalloped bonnethead (Sphyrna corona, little-known species of hammerhead shark found in the eastern Pacific from southern Mexico to northern Peru)