copy; reproduction; replica; facsimile
whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle; start (e.g. of a movement); beginning; dawn
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
to beat time; to mark time
treatment strategy; method of treatment; therapeutic approach
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
keeping soil in good condition
air-permeability; breathability
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap
struggle (for); scramble; contest
randori (freestyle judo training)
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
doing whatever one pleases
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar
alcoholic beverage for medicinal purposes
promoting; increase; advance
food and (alcoholic) drinks; food eaten with an alcoholic drink; accompaniment to a drink
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
finish; end; completion; result
preserving in salt; salting down
to dry up completely; to become stale
shredded dried plum; plum pulp
round; circular; spherical; mellow (flavour, voice, etc.); mild; smooth
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
in order; sequential; seriatim
to be the ruin of (a person)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with