so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to become better; to improve
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
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
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
modern person; people of today
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated