immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
dry field farming; dry field crop
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
kind (of goods); brand; (taxonomical) form; breed; cultivar
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
heating; application of heat
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
roots of grass; (fig.) places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file
foreign matter; impurities
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
working in the fields; working on a farm
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
until now; so far; up to the present
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge