heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
to push through (a crowd, vegetation, etc.)
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
filtration; filtering; percolation
to throw something to each other; to pass something back and forth; to bandy something around; to take part in a pitching duel
to throw on the fire; to burn
child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete
fuel expenses; cost of fuel
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to warm oneself at the fire
powder snow; powdery snow
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
cold and heat; (degree of) temperature
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
secret art; the mysteries
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
true state; actual condition; reality
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
space; interval; space character; whitespace
few decades; many decades; several decades
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
consenting to; being convinced of; being satisfied; understanding
to be prolonged; to drag on
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)