beforehand; in advance; previously
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
our country; our land; one's own country
serious; severe; grave; acute
control; management (e.g. of a business)
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
nod; inclination of the head
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
cultivated land (field, garden, orchard, etc.)
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
clover (Trifolium repens); white clover; Dutch clover; clubs (card suit)
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
to take turns doing; to do in rotation
decrease; reduction; decline
stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
Fabaceae (pea family of plants)
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
breeding; raising; rearing
fallow soil; idle field; set-aside; idled plot
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
labor; labour; manpower; working force
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed