nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
if so; in that case; in that situation
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
crops; agricultural produce
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
agricultural land; farmland
reorganization (e.g. of a company); reorganisation; consolidation; scrap-and-build
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
interest; rights; concession
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
food self-sufficiency rate
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
starvation; famine; hunger
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family