surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
death from cold; freezing to death
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
horizon (related to land)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
conventional train line (esp. non-Shinkansen)
back country; remote countryside
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to cease; to stop; to be over
main cause; primary factor
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
measurement error; calculation error
function; function (programming)
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration