wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis); Jezo spruce
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to lean against; to set against
laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
passage; path; route; one's way
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to be caught; to be captured; to be able to catch; to be able to capture
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
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)
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to subsist; to keep on living
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
state of mind; mentality; psychology
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)