(wandering) minstrel; troubadour
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter; livelihood
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
successor; replacement; second wife
interior; inside; internal
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
midwinter; dead of winter
heavy outfit designed to keep out the cold
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
(fictional) fusion of human and animal; therianthrope; furry; human beast
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
air transport; air lift; airlift
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict