production output; number of goods manufactured
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
absorption; suction; attraction
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
smelling of earth; rustic
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to get thin; to taper off
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
crops; agricultural produce
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
agricultural country; agrarian nation
southwestern part; the southwest
national border; provincial border
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
dominion; territory; possession
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
don't worry; no worries; never mind
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...