小

rice bran

Martial arts

Aikido technique, wherein the opponent is brought down by twisting his or her arm away from the body

petit bourgeois; petty bourgeois

Medicine

stoma

Botany

ostiole

small administrative unit (of a village)

petty official

small misfortune

subcommittee

Historical term

kouta (Heian-era court lady's song accompanying the men's ōuta); court lady singing a kouta

Historical term

ditty; ballad; short, hummable, popular tune from Muromachi period to early Edo period

Historical term

kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often a love ballad

noh kouta; unusual style of noh song based on the Muromachi songs

a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed

lull (e.g. in the rain); break

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Ogura Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets

brute courage

small scale

small family

small stipend

a small world

oval; elliptical; oblong

おぐるま only; Archaic

Inula japonica

Archaic

small cart; small carriage

こぐるま only

wheeled palanquin (with a castle-shaped box)

Little New Year (festival held on January 15); 14th-16th days of the New Year; Koshōgatsu

komaru (type of playing cards)

small hokora; small shrine

small farmer

Medicine

poliomyelitis; polio; infantile paralysis

Medicine

cerebral palsy

short history; concise history