Vocabulary: 北海道物语
- 扇 shān: 扇 shan1: to fan; to slap sb on the face扇 shàn: 扇 shan4: fan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc
- most; mostly; most likely
- turn out the lights; lights out
- deep emotion; deep feeling; deep love; affectionate; loving
- to invite; an invitation
- 庄 Zhuāng: 庄 Zhuang1: surname Zhuang庄 zhuāng: 庄 zhuang1: farmstead; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)
- to stagger; to walk falteringly
- tree
- 六 lù: 六 lu4: used in place names六 lìu: 六 liu4: six; 6
- to welcome (a visitor or newcomer); (fig.) to usher in
- end of the year
- December; twelfth month (of the lunar year)
- even more (so)
- to be awfully (busy etc)
- to monopolize
- to publish in the newspapers
- not so good; not too well
- to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- for profit; to seek profit
- to fight for; to strive for; to win over
- to earn money; moneymaking
- lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course
- (husked) rice
- to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task
- lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism; attacked on all sides
- to regard as
- similar; same type; alike
- absurd; fantastic; presumptuous; rash
- to infer; to judge; inference; judgment; conclusion
- base; mean; despicable
- shady business
- the dark side (of society etc)
- to express; to convey
- staff; personnel; employee
- to resist; to boycott; to refuse (to cooperate); to reject; resistance; refusal
- clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role
- inherent; innate
- (idiom) to die in battle
- public
- to loathe; to hate; disgusted with sth
- calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet
- as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom); to be entirely different
- handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily
- forty; 40
- to blame; to criticize; condemnation; reproach