secretary; councillor; councilor
bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
swimming in the middle of winter or the cold season
Rapin; LaPan; Lapin (e.g.Suzuki car); Lapan
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
wheat straw; barley straw
clearing one's mind of all mundane thoughts
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
to have the end in sight; (lit.) to see the mountains
of all things (days, etc.)
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
for some (unspecified) reason
how many months?; how long?
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
advanced (developed) country; advanced nations
the reason is ...; it is because ...
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
to work without sleep or rest
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
precipice; cliff; flat head
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to arrive home; to return
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)