room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
snowy; covered in deep snow
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
scene; view; prospect; outlook
intense heat; severe heat
commanding; awe-inspiring; bitter (cold); piercing
as is habit; the way life normally is
visual hallucination; vision
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
situation; developments; outcome
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
open air; outdoors; outside
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
back country; remote countryside
no exception; without exception; always the same
depopulation; declining population
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
nice; likeable; desirable
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify