(ちかづく(P);ちかずく(近付く)(ik)) (v5k,vi) (1) to approach; to draw near; to get close; (2) to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know; (P) [EDICT]
て
() (conj) (col) (See と言うか) or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean [EDICT]
() (prt) a sort of thing like; used after a phrase to modify the following noun [EDICT]
() (prt) (1) (also でも, っても) even if; even though; (int) (2) (abbr) (See さても) wow [EDICT]
(手) (n) (1) (occ. pronounced た when a prefix) (See お手・おて・1) hand; arm; (2) (col) (See お手・おて・3) forepaw; foreleg; (3) handle; (4) hand; worker; help; (5) trouble; care; effort; (6) means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; (7) hand; handwriting; (8) kind; type; sort; (9) (See 手に入る) one's hands; one's possession; (10) (See 手に余る) ability to cope; (11) hand (of cards); (12) (See 山の手・1) direction; (P) [EDICT]
きた
(北) (n) north; (P) [EDICT]
我が
(わが) (adj-pn) my; our; one's own; (P) [EDICT]
一生
(いっしょう) (n-adv,n-t,adj-no) (1) whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era; (adj-no) (2) (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life; (P) [EDICT]
(yī shēng, ㄧ ㄕㄥ) all one's life; throughout one's life [CE-DICT]
の
() (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT]
() (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT]