three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
(sudden) evening shower (rain)
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
slight; little; insignificant
yield; output; production
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
land subsidence; decline in influence
soil moisture; soil water
drought; long spell (period) of dry weather
that country; (arch.) nirvana
source of river; fountainhead
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
volume of water kept in store
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
middle west; Midwest (United States)
report of (one's) research; research paper
barren land; sterile soil; wasteland
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
luxuriant growth; rankness (of weeds)
fall; decrease (in income)
ridge between rice fields; causeway
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
assault; violence; damaging (someone)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy