elimination of snow

(disaster prevention) Short for 木造住宅密集地域 (mokuzō jūtaku misshū chiiki, “densely built wooden house area”).

state of emergency (governmental decree)

(Buddhism) prajñāpāramitā: the Perfection of (Transcendent) Wisdom / (Buddhism) the body of sutras relating to this subject

the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks

British Indian Ocean Territory (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Indian Ocean)

British Antarctic Territory (an overseas territory in the Antarctic administered by the United Kingdom, and also including the South Orkney Islands and South Shetland Islands)

大山祇: (mythology, Shinto) the kami of the mountains, brother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo

alabaster (variety of gypsum)

first snow on a mountain