to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
preferential treatment; special treatment; different treatment; express delivery; special delivery
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
deep voice; rich voice; full voice
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
pity; sorrow; grief; misery
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
fields (of rice and other crops)
coating of snow; blanket of snow
northern part; the north (of a region)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
archipelago; chain of islands
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
Niigata (city, prefecture)
snow scene; snowscape; snowy landscape
mountain range; mountain belt
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
potato chips; potato crisps
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
potato chips; potato crisps
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly
to be on the same wavelength; to think alike; to get along