ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
to defy conventional wisdom
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
calamity; disaster; misfortune
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
study; research; investigation
inside; interior; inner part
flour; meal; powder; dust
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
personnel cut; labor cut; labour cut
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
two people using the same (vehicle) (often two on a bike)
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance