essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
outing; picnic; excursion
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
residents of the capital; townsfolk
picking herbs and wildflowers
hearing; audible sound; rumour; rumor; tasting (alcohol, tea, etc.)
annual function; annual event
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
besides; moreover; in addition
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus); (arch.) bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus)
bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus); (arch.) pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)
(surface of) field; plain; unworked surface of (quarried) stone; (rough) surface of plank
calls and sounds made by insects
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
spiritual life; inner life; mental life
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
dreary; bleak; lonely; lonesome; desolate
desolate field; withered field
use; utilization; utilisation; application