to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
in the face of; in defiance of
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
Toyama (city, prefecture)
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
most likely contender; prime candidate; top prospect; leading candidate
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
one hundred-thousandth; sudden; abrupt; unexpected
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
half and half; fifty-fifty
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained