shy / embarrassed / ashamed

a little; slightly

a little; a few

(colloquial) a girlfriend (a female partner in a romantic relationship)

(formal) Female third-person singular pronoun; she, her, girlfriend

little by little

(colloquial) Alternative form of もう少し (mō sukoshi)

(literary) they (about women or girls)

(with negative sentences) anything of, not one bit

(humble) to meet with someone, to have an audience with someone / to make an appearance, to be present / (possibly archaic) to serve someone, such as a master or husband