drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
going through; going via; going by way of
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
Kuroshio Current; Japan Current
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
Nansei Islands; Ryukyu Islands; chain of islands extending from southwestern Kyushu to northern Taiwan
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
rice grown on dry land; dry land rice plant
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
rainy; showery; inclement
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
rice nursery; bed for rice seedlings
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
anthesis; flowering season
how long; how much; to what extent
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
quantity or volume of water
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
rice polishing; polished rice
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing