Vocabulary: 北海道物语
- to select; to choose; to settle on
- to commit one's energy to; to devote oneself to; to sacrifice one's life for; (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to
- to follow through; to carry through to the end
- to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme)
- ability; competence
- to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc); ruined
- old-style wooden folding armchair, typically featuring a footrest; (fig.) position in a hierarchy
- to shake off; to get rid of
- to be engrossed; to be absorbed with; to lose oneself in; to be addicted to
- female charms; femininity
- in the end; ultimately; after all
- aged; senile
- lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom); fig. night and day difference; a world of difference; a far cry (from)
- ending up as; leading to; resulting in; in total
- plaintive; mournful; miserable
- to ponder; to consider
- cannot bear to
- to give up; to part with
- to keep; to maintain; to preserve
- everlasting; perpetual; lasting; forever; permanent
- to maintain; to keep up; to hold together
- (idiom) after one's own heart; gratifying; satisfactory; everything one could wish
- morning and evening; (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of these days; (coll.) (this, or that) point of time; (dialect) at some time in the future
- to leave (on a long journey); to part from sb
- optimum; optimal; peak; best (athlete, movie etc)
- to hesitate; indecisive
- without doubt; with full self-confidence; forty years of age
- to think too much of oneself; self-important; arrogant
- one's own view; definite opinion
- to sink into (vice, depravity etc); to pass into oblivion; downfall; passing
- spirit trembling with excitement (idiom); in high spirits; lively and full of enthusiasm; full of energy; con brio
- lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom); fig. to part ways
- to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department
- to bring trouble on oneself (idiom)
- to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch
- here and now; as things stand
- to throw off; to abandon; to cast off; to get rid of; to dump
- cruel; merciless; ruthless
- spacious and well-lit; open and clear; (of character) optimistic; cheerful; carefree
- to induce; to encourage; to provide guidance; (medicine, chemistry) to induce
- to equal; to be tantamount to