agricultural community; farm village; rural
agricultural land; farmland
fertile; rich; productive
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to have the (full, general) selection available; to have (a lineup) from A to Z; to have the full array of
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down
death and injury; being killed or injured
source of river; fountainhead
each day; from day to day; day-to-day
transportation access; access to (public) transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail); transport links
commerce; trade; business
every year; yearly; annually
command; lead; generalship; leadership
hygiene management; hygiene control; sanitation
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
to fall ill; to become indisposed; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
working away from home (esp. abroad); person working away from home; migrant worker
one day; (on) a certain day
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
water vein; underground stream of water; waterway
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
edge of town; outskirts of a village
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)