crops; agricultural produce
retention; maintenance; preservation
food self-sufficiency rate
(very) cheap; (very) inexpensive; cut-price; bargain (price)
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting
detour; circumvention; turning movement
how long; how far; how much
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
to be too numerous; to be too much
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to rebuild; to reconstruct
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
evading blame by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
special; particular; peculiar; unique
the aforementioned; the said; the usual; kudan; yōkai resembling a human-headed bovine, said to prophesize misfortune or bountiful harvest
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
members; member; constituent
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
rare; exceptional; extraordinary; unique; incomparable; unparalleled
without permission; without notice
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
heavy blow; major blow; severe blow; serious damage
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
shipping; shipment; forwarding; sending (goods); delivery
price increase; rise in price; wage increase
favorite; favourite; habitually used
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
attacking a fleeing enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation; rubbing salt into a wound