wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
singing voice; (sound of) singing
guardian; protector; patron; parent
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
New Year's sake; spiced sake
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer
to fall asleep; to sleep deeply
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
willpower; energy; vitality
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
refusal; rejection; denial; veto