(Russell) snowplow; track-clearing vehicle; carving a trail through deep snow (by foot when mountaineering)
rearguard; rear guard; back (player)
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
breath; breathing; bracelet
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
barrier; protective wall; obstacle; hindrance; imaginary shield that gives one invincibility or immunity
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
to need; to demand; to take; to require
more than anything; above all else
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy
to lose heart; to lose motivation
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
clear; transparent; clearing (a high-jump bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball; in soccer); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
endless; boundless; everlasting
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
(staying) one night; overnight stay; overnight rental; per-night rental
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)