snow scene; snowscape; snowy landscape
to trample; to crush underfoot
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
living room (Japanese-style)
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
no matter how much time passes
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to hand over; to surrender
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
liking something; being partial to something; -phile
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
large-pupilled; dark-eyed; having large irises
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
to rise; to erect; to get up
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)