noun:

• small waist fetish; wasp waist fetish - slang ➜ 括れ

noun:

• fishing stand; small portable stand that can be assembled quickly
• stand used to transport people or things (Edo period)

noun:

• black-headed monitor (Varanus tristis, small species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia); freckled monitor

noun:

• fat-bodied, small-mouthed earthenware jar for carrying water
• water vessel used for a baby's first bath

noun:

• whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.) ［つぶ・ツブ］
• small spiral-shelled snail (esp. a pond snail) ➜ 螺【にし】

noun:

• tea ceremony stand with an enclosed shelf (invented by Takeno Jouou)
• small cupboard or closed shelf on the side of a tokonoma ➜ 袋戸棚

noun:

• dried small sardines, etc. used to make fish stock ➜ 煮干し
• person in bank transfer scam whose role it is to withdraw the cash - slang

noun:

• Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
• small pine (esp. one pulled from the ground during "ne-no-hi-no-asobi") ➜ 子の日の松

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit) - abbreviation ➜ 身八つ口

noun:

• the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive

expression:

• fools use people to pick up things lying at their own feet; stupidity of using people for small things - idiom

noun:

• baby Chinese cabbage; wawasai cabbage; variety of small Chinese cabbage - From Chinese "wá wá cài" ➜ 白菜

noun:

• pair; couple; set
• antithesis ➜ 対句

counter:

• counter for items that come in pairs
• counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy
• squabble; quarrel; brief argument; exchange of words

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

noun:

• wooden rods (square, used in a pair) used in Kansai-area rakugo (e.g. to mark scene changes); small clapper

expression / ichidan verb:

• to feel inferior; to feel small

noun:

• small woman - archaism
• young woman - archaism
• young maid - archaism - sensitive

~の noun:

• so little; so few; so trifling; so small

noun:

• only this; this much

noun / ~の noun:

• this small amount (degree, extent)

noun:

• (not) in the slightest; (not) at all - as こればかりも with neg. verb

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• tarsal (relating to the tarsus - a group of small bones between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus)

noun:

• small chair for children
• high-chair; tall child's chair, often with a tray for food

noun:

• slide
• change (in value or situation); proportional change

~する noun:

• to slide; to slip
• to change (in value, e.g. with a sliding scale); to change (in situation)

noun:

• small, thin fabric belt worn over the kimono and under the obi in order to protect the fabric

noun:

• young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.)

suffix noun / noun:

• girl ➜ 彦

prefix:

• small; cute; lesser (in names of species)

noun:

• prostitute - archaism - Kyōto dialect