fertile; rich; productive
investment; contribution; financing
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest
agricultural land; farmland
to palm off; to force a sale
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
deposit; earnest payment; earnest money
household economy; family finances
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
Cala (South Africa); Ka-ra; Karla
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)