mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
primary school; elementary school; grade school
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
junior high school student; middle school pupil
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
scene; spectacle; sight; view
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
sympathy; empathy; response
than; from; out of; except; but; more
snow shoveling (shovelling); snow clearing; snow removal; snow shovel; snow plow; snow plough
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
(not) much; (not) very; (arch.) like this; (arch.) as a rule
to recall; to remember; to recollect
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
together; at the same time; same; identical
time; hour; period; class
suffix for familiar person
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
at once; immediately; right now
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
surely; certainly; without doubt
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down