fertile; rich; productive
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
being on the verge of starvation; being about to starve
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
train (esp. long distance train); steam train
Manchuria and Inner Mongolia
national border; provincial border
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
farming implement; farm tools
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
several years; a few years
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing