to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
practical question (problem); practical matter
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
cooperation; collaboration
an extra effort; going the extra mile; one final push
to be overcome with emotion
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly
to get out of bed; to show a leg
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
chain (of); series (of); sequence; suite (e.g. of rooms)
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
imperial palace; person living in the imperial palace (esp. the emperor); festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
to let one's hair hang down
to become frosted; to become frosty
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
formal objection; opposition (e.g. to a patent)
objection; dissent; protest
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
first snow (of the season); first snowfall
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
sleet; daikon shavings; grated daikon; shaved ice topped with honey
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)