adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• toddling; with small, quick steps - onomatopoeia
• restlessly; in continuous motion - onomatopoeia
• quickly and easily - onomatopoeia
• often; frequently; now and then; occasionally - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• caring for (esp. a pet or a small object); cherishing; being fond of; prizing; treasuring

noun:

• mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)

expression:

• small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow) ➜ 藍摺り

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison - idiom

noun:

• individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed

noun:

• menu board (small blackboard on which the specials of the day, etc., are written)

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow) ➜ 藍摺

noun:

• Timor monitor (Varanus timorensis, species of small carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia); spotted tree monitor

noun:

• oxygen absorber; oxygen scavenger; small packet placed in packaged food to absorb oxygen and prevent oxidation

expression:

• the greater embraces the less; better too big than too small - proverb

~と adverb:

• with a snap; with a click (beep) - onomatopoeia ➜ ポチっ
• shortly; briefly; small - onomatopoeia ➜ プチ

noun:

• one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money

adverb:

• in groups of twos and threes; in small groups - four character idiom

noun:

• minitruck; light truck; small truck; light pickup - abbreviation ➜ 軽トラック

noun:

• one gourd
• small drink (esp. of alcohol); drink one carries

noun:

• brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata); small-eared rock-wallaby

expression / adjective:

• having a small bladder; having an overactive bladder

noun:

• small pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate

noun:

• tarsus (group of small bones between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus)

noun:

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

expression:

• too late (by a short time); just failed (by a small margin) - colloquialism Antonym: ギリギリセーフ ➜ ぎりぎり・アウト

noun:

• homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman - derogatory term ➜ お多福面

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• one point

noun:

• stitched ornament; small needlepoint design
• relief pitcher brought in to face one batter - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ ワンポイントリリーフ