support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
next term; next period; next version; next release
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
country; territory; domain; realm
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
rejection; negation; voting down
topic of discussion; agenda
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements
unseasonable weather; fickle weather; bad weather
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
stocking up (in case of emergency); stockpile; reserves; storing; laying in (supplies)
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
seedling; sapling; young tree
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
yearned for; longed for; missed
being moved (to tears); being touched (by); (falling) softly (of leaves, petals, etc.); becoming slightly drunk; becoming tipsy
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)