poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued
at your own discretion; as you see fit
management; administration; operation
land agent; house agent; real estate agent
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
only; merely; but; no more than
hunting; shooting; game; quarry
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
dry field farming; dry field crop
regarding highly; attaching importance to
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
to take; to catch; to capture
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to be damaged; to receive damage
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.