traveling alone and with little luggage (travelling)
landlocked masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou masou)
altitude sickness; mountain sickness
frowning on; looking on with scorn; showing disapproval
regular position; position with a prospect of promotion
north-northeast; north-north-east
small token of one's sentiments; just slightly; only a bit
mountaineering club; mountain area
mountain climber; mountaineer
commission; entrusting with (work); part-time employee; temporary work
going bye-byes; going beddy-byes; baby; childish person (esp. a young woman)
hat shop; hat store; hatter; hatmaker
wind power; force (level on the Beaufort wind speed scale)
life plan; plan for one's life; planning one's life
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
landslide disaster; sediment disaster
Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)
obstruction of business; interference with business
group action; collective behavior; collective behaviour; acting as a group
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit; to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart
to be affected; to put on airs; to pose
out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil
according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
to be profitable; to yield a profit
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
inquiry commission; enquiry commission; research group
egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood
leaving everything up to someone else
wild goose; glans; head of a penis
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition