great numbers; numerical superiority
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
camping; campground; making camp
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
feeling; sense; impression
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
spirit of a deceased person
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
broad overview; general survey
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
bird's-eye view; aerial view; overhead view
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child