ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier
Sharon; Chalon; Charhon; Charone; Charron; Shallon
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
sleet; daikon shavings; grated daikon; shaved ice topped with honey
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
mountain road; mountain trail
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
Chatillon (Italy); Shatillon (France)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
north wind; northerly wind
good feeling; feeling good
heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
early on; earlier on; from early
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
kindling; small bits of scrap wood used to fuel a stove
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to say no more; to sink into silence
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum