ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
rice cultivation; rice crop
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
tremendous snowfall; heavy snow
isolated place; out-of-the-way place; remote part of the land
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
unseasonable weather; fickle weather; bad weather
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
policy of reducing acreage (under cultivation)
crop diversification; crop rotation; change of crops
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
clay-like; clayey; argillaceous
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
prone (to); liable (to); apt (to); tending (to)
volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
blow; shock; strike; batting
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
sudden price jump; steep price rise
avalanche of earth and rocks
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
landslide disaster; sediment disaster
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity
neighbors; neighbours; neighborhood; neighbourhood
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)