calamity; disaster; misfortune
urging; persuasion; declaration
passage in a discourse; one section; one scene
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
example; illustration; precedent
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
flood-damaged area; area subject to flooding
to rise; to erect; to get up
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
rice tax (ritsuryo system); rice levy; tax on rice fields; annual tribute; annual tax
to rule; to govern; to administer
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
to mention; to refer to; to touch upon
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
considerably; greatly; a lot
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
etc.; et cetera; and so on
reference materials; specimen for reference; reference item; specimen
look; glance; sight; summary; list; table
in proportion to; just as much as
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
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
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience