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excursion; outing; picnic

1

abrupt; sudden

2

suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down

1

family life; home life

1

piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles

1

white tabi

2

bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming

1

bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient

1

to look after (often medically); to take care of

2

to feel hungry; to get hungry

1

one's residence

1

sound of the wind; voice of the wind

1

cone-shaped; conical

1

ant

9

pathos; melancholy; sorrow

1

whirligig beetle (any insect of family Gyrinidae, esp. the Japanese whirligig beetle, Gyrinus japonicus); pond skater; water strider

2

front garden; front yard; vestibule (of the ear)

1

stone pedestal

1

a glance; a look; a glimpse

3

whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity

1

poet (of tanka poems)

3

Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)

1

zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group; rich person

1

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

1

weak constitution; ill health

1

Suma

5

secondary residence

1

eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

2

wet nurse; nursing mother

1

ebb tide; waning fortunes

1

brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular

1

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

2

to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected

1

style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics

1

(power of) imagination

3

charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement

1

to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder

1

side job; sideline; subsidiary business

1

particular interest; fondness

1

literature

2

rather; better; instead; if anything

1

market (for goods, services, etc.); outlet (for selling); opening

1

expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC

2

from the beginning

1

main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)

3

mezzanine floor

1

living room (Western style); sitting room

1

Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden grass; susuki grass

1

to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

1

corners of a field

1