close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
failure is the mother of success
striking just before one's opponent makes a move
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
pleasant feeling; good feeling
no matter how much time passes
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
snow scene; snowscape; snowy landscape
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
rare; extraordinary; unparalleled; unparallelled
saying in addition; postscript; additional remarks
at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
children's story; fairy tale
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
hokora; small wayside shrine
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship