to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead
mountaineering club; mountain area
elevation; height above sea level
Japanese stone pine (Pinus pumila); Siberian dwarf pine; creeping pine
powder snow; powdery snow
poor village; desolate village; lonely village; remote village
small brazier; hand-warmer
wood-burning stove; wood stove
slight cold; bit of a cold; touch of a cold; lingering cold
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
kin; catty; pound (unit of weight); loaf (of bread)
to shut in; to confine; to surround
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
to be settled; to be brought to an end
independent (esp. in politics); non-partisan
protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication
strategic; strategically; from a strategic point of view
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
safe plan; infallible measure
major war; great war; world war
countries concerned (involved)
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
reign; being on the throne
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
excluding the case when; when not
doburoku (unrefined sake)
carpentry; woodworking; woodwork
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
death from cold; freezing to death
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
all the way ... (to this remote place); as far as ...
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
white makeup powder; (face) powder
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
to mistake (A for B); to misread
water's edge; beach; shore