re-used wooden materials; recycled furnishings
smoking car; smoking carriage
member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
Hokkaido Prefectural Office
prison window; (behind) prison bars
to have a protruding chin; to have a turned-up chin
Greater China (incl. Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and sometimes Singapore)
hand-held snow shovel; snow scoop
at the meeting; on the occasion
hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era
employee posted away from their family
measures against snow; snow control measures; snow countermeasures
snow disposal yard; snow dump
rifling marks on a fired bullet
medicolegal autopsy; forensic autopsy
asexuality (lack of sexual attraction to others); non-sexual love