rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
steady; sound; reliable; solid
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
consequence; outcome; result; blame
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
mountain range; mountain belt
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
continuation; succession; series
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
resignation; acceptance; consolation
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship