clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
Yggdrasil; The World Tree
port city; harbor city; harbour city
predecessor; people of former times
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
handful; small amount; small number
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
property; fortune; means; assets
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
wintry sky; cold weather (in winter); wintry weather
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
to differ depending on ...
every year; yearly; annually
heavy outfit designed to keep out the cold
concession; conciliation; compromise
air conditioning and heating
to run around; to bustle about
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
to not believe one's ears
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
to behave well (of a child)
technology; technique; technical
(giving) instruction; initiation
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
Christmas Eve; holy night
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)