investment; contribution; financing
management; administration; operation
lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe
recovery; rescue; recapture
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
resignation; acceptance; consolation
quilt coverlet for a kotatsu; kotatsu quilt
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
one more time; once more; once again
one shō bottle (1.8 litres)
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
northern or southern lights; aurora borealis or australis
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
conifer; needle-leaved tree
polar regions; the pole; farthest land; ends of the earth
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
water vapour; water vapor; steam
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
diamond dust; ice crystals