to make light of; to ignore; to slight
illegal; illicit; unlawful
calming down; quieting down
pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
dying of illness; dying of natural causes
strenuous efforts; exertion
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
reflective; introspective
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe)
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
great variety of flowering plants; light greenish-blue; various
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus); (arch.) pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)
pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus); (arch.) bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
to peddle (goods); to hawk
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
occupations dependent on public favor (favour)
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
entomophagy; insect eating
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
silkworm moth; silk moth (Bombyx mori)
burning low; waning; declining