reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
perpetuation of one's descendants
national holiday; festival day
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
image; figure; figure; form; image
river management; river improvement; flood control
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
right beside; close to; nearby
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
advance payment; money paid in advance
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
eating without paying; eating for free
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods
gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack); Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
cold district; northern district
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to burn; to roast; to grill; to bake
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
hills and fields; countryside
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with