each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
Toyama (city, prefecture)
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
most likely contender; prime candidate; top prospect; leading candidate
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
one hundred-thousandth; sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
willpower; energy; vitality
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
heavy-footed; slow of foot; reluctant; disinclined; unwilling