to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track
having said that; on the other hand
journey; route of a journey
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
to fold up; to fold into layers
fresh wound; fresh bruise
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
bone char; bone black; bone coal
end; tip; extremities; terminal
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
rail car (esp. a small one used in mines, logging, etc.); trolley; tram
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
southern part; the south (of a region)
to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)
second day of the month; two days
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
to fly around; to scatter
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case