farmland; rice field or paddy
epidemic; plague; pestilence
to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
(mutual) understanding; communication; passing without obstruction
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
cultivated fields; countryside
spring water; clear (pure) water
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
intention; idea; inclination; wish
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to wash clean; to cleanse
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
socio-economics; social economy
product; produce; result; fruit
hardships of poverty; serious poverty
striking; remarkable; considerable
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby