Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
on the way back; when about to go back
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
postcard; memo; note; card
good-natured person; nice person
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
tissue paper; toilet paper
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
haori (Japanese formal coat)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
acting as go-between; good offices
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
help wanted advertisements
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial