may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
going around; patrol; round; tour
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
(edible) greens; leafy greens; vegetables
rural district; farming area
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
breeding; raising; rearing
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
very likely; very probable
giving up farming for another profession
agricultural land; farmland
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
minimum; at the very least
to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
prime minister; premier; chancellor
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
originally; by nature; from the start
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
(present) head of a family
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
to originate with; to start with; to stem from