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to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate

1

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

1

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

3

to govern; to manage; to subdue

1

count; earl

1

to pay a tax

1

cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

spade; plough; plow

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

1

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

2

children

1

to run around; to bustle about

1

to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

1

rib

1

indescribable

1

having many difficulties in store; grim prospects

1

scene; spectacle; sight; view

6

to be at a loss; to be puzzled

1

return; welcome home

1

just past noon; afternoon

1

to wait impatiently for

1

to meet; to greet

1

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

2

government office building

1

inside; within

5

driving into

1

bulletin board; notice board; billboard; roadside sign; sign on a post, usu. wooden, esp. containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.

2

to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

2

throughout Japan

1

notes; instructions

1

Japanese (language)

6

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

4

pleasant feeling; good vibes

2

good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless

1

to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

1

as (somebody) says

1

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

1

though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

5

measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy

3

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

1

whiteboard

1

marker

1

cap (headwear); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief

1

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

1

securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying

3

health; healthy; sound; fit

1

hygiene; sanitation; health

4

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

4

agricultural production

1

restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

5