scenery; scene; landscape
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to be able to manage somehow or another
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
in comparison to; rather than
wintertime; winter season
stock-farming; livestock farming; cattle breeding
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept