tremendous snowfall; heavy snow
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
originally; by nature; from the start
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to stop raining or snowing
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
bad law; (arch.) evil ways; (arch.) evil way of doing things
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
older sister and younger brother
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
revival; restoration; resuscitation
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
garbage dump; scrap heap; rubbish dump; dump; dumpsite
the other day; recently; this time; on this occasion
improvement project; construction plan; maintenance plan; maintenance schedule; maintenance program
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
professional shogi player; professional go player
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority