snow surface; surface of snow
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to soak into; to permeate
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
fit for use; available; operational; practicable; usable
value; worth; virtue; blessing
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to revere; to respect; to worship
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
user guide; how to operate; operation procedures
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
to form a group; to form a bunch
elementary operation; basic operation; fundamental procedure
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
battlefield; battleground
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
deductive reasoning; deduction
moment by moment; hour by hour
final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal
something like ...; something called ...
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
what is called; what they call; so-called
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
domino (game); dominoes; domino effect