cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
poor village; desolate village; lonely village; remote village
coastal region; coastal area; coastline
mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district
General Winter; hard winter; Jack Frost
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
passing the winter; hibernation
this and that; one thing or another
loss of samurai status and confiscation of territory and property (Edo-period punishment)
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
wintertime; winter season
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
same generation; one's generation
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
person who has been through a lot; worldly-wise person; one who has seen it all
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
one's principal residence; main home
construction; architecture (of buildings)
public works; public-works projects; public utilities
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
extravagant; wasteful of money
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
government office building