some people; a few people; several people
to commit a crime; to do evil
being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
to take someone's life; to kill someone
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
to be exhausted; to be worn out
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
fishing industry; fishery
skill; dexterity; proficiency
bow (of boat); prow; stem
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
to warm oneself (e.g. at a fire)
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
to keep (a person) waiting
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
lawless area; lawless district
to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
in the face of; in defiance of
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
difference; discrepancy; variation