cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
back country; remote countryside
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
wheat field; barley field; cornfield
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
scenery; scene; landscape
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to be able to manage somehow or another
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)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
wintertime; winter season
stock-farming; livestock farming; cattle breeding
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
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
antiquity; the previous era
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
again; once more; a second time
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve