rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
global positioning system; GPS
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
surname; family name; last name
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
thickness; profundity; depth; thickness; strong and tight group or wall of stones
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
avalanche; snowslide; avalanche; avalanche jōseki
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
fainting; losing consciousness; passing out; syncope
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
manufacture; production; production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
reinforcement; strengthening
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
apparent temperature; "feels like" temperature
wide difference; a world of difference
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
(in the) confusion (of the moment)
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
regulations; rules; (local) regulation; ordinance; bylaw
if you think about it; come to think of it
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
mountain chain; mountains
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
dreamworld; dreamland; la-la land
Hades; land of the dead; netherworld