almost every day; almost daily
to be found; to be discovered
weather measurement station
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
(high) mountain; Mount; Mt.; mountain peak
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; forest land; mountains and forests
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
weather; fair weather; fine weather
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
primeval forest; virgin forest
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
frost on trees; hoarfrost (on trees); snow monsters (frost-covered trees)
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
in the meanwhile; during the time
expectation; anticipation; forecast
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
(electric) torch; flashlight
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
one after another; in rapid succession