to continue for a long time; to undergo a repeated series
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
very loose; slowly; leisurely
wheat field; barley field; cornfield
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
here and there; in places
to become rustic; to be countrified
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance
second coming; second advent
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
festival; feast; carnival
fortune-telling; divination
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
second marriage; remarriage
set of three; three sets; three classes
your honor (honour); his (or her) honor (honour)
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
black rat; roof rat; field mouse
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
matchmaking; acting as a go-between
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
rise and fall; ups and downs
rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)