fertile; rich; productive
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
reduced scale; scaling down
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
mouse (esp. laboratory); (computer) mouse; mouth
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
trivial; not amounting to much
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
axiom; maxim; self-evident truth
administrative organ; administrative body; governmental body
(social) class; rank; grade
rule; reign; government; governing
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
dispute; argument; contention
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to govern; to manage; to subdue
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
management; administration; operation
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
essence; true nature; substance; reality
you could say; you might say; verging on the
war; fighting; fierce competition
(not) even once; (not) ever
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
epidemic; plague; pestilence