as; because; with; due to
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
sudden price jump; steep price rise
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
people; citizens; subjects; folk
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
every year; yearly; annually
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
high rice field; very fertile rice field
both; many; various; together
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
anger; resentment; indignation; chagrin; irritation
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to blaze; to burn brightly
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
root; source; origin; cause
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to devour; to bite to death
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
together with; same; both; all; including ...
that's the way it is; such is life
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how