timid; fainthearted; weak-willed
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
arrest; apprehension; capture
being independent; becoming independent; standing on one's own feet (without the use of crutches, etc.)
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
patient; unhurried; leisurely
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
sealing hermetically; sealing (up)
bon voyage!; have a nice trip!
passing; (person) who happens to pass by; (place) that one happens to pass by; casual (e.g. romance); momentary
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
temporary custody (of children, luggage, etc)
safe; vault; storage cabinet
nutritional value; food value
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to get strong; to gain strength
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
parental love; parental affection
honest person; person of integrity; straight shooter
to knock back; to strike back; to beat in revenge
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
agricultural community; farm village; rural
product; produce; result; fruit
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
agricultural land; farmland
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth