Vocabulary: 北海道物语
- to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter
- 重 zhòng: 重 zhong4: heavy; serious; to attach importance to重 chóng: 重 chong2: to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer
- to restrain; to control
- to surge up; to rise; (of tensions etc) to run high
- treasure; CL:件[jian4]
- light color
- firm and upright; strong (of currency)
- to slide down (a slope etc); (fig.) to decline
- petticoat
- on the body; at hand; among
- to perspire; to sweat
- to sample; to taste; to appreciate; one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc); good taste
- waist; waistline
- to strip naked; to strip nude; (coll.) to find oneself a partner
- to stir up emotion; to arouse sympathy; moving
- about to; on the point of; soon
- during; at the time of
- buttocks; hips; rump
- summit; apex; pinnacle (of one's career etc); peak (of a civilization etc)
- to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip
- 舍 shě: 舍 she3: to give up; to abandon; to give alms舍 shè: 舍 she4: (bound form) residence; house; (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself, as in 舍妹[she4 mei4]); (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3]舍 Shè: 舍 She4: surname She
- to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand
- underarm; armpit
- firmly; safely
- graceful; fine; elegant
- hyperbola
- to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)
- to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
- to awaken; to come to realize; awakened to the truth; the truth dawns upon one; scales fall from the eyes; to become aware
- out of step with current thinking; outmoded; inappropriate for the occasion
- whole family; entire household
- to reunite; to have a reunion
- to sit in a circle; seated around (a narrator)
- to talk freely; to discuss without inhibition
- entertaining anecdote; interesting story or incident
- to merrily spend (an occasion); to celebrate
- cold winter
- long dark night; fig. long period of misery and oppression
- to recount; to narrate; to give an account of
- busy; bustling
- winter vacation