club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
uprising demanding debt cancellation orders (Muromachi period)
Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
(principle of) letting sleeping dogs lie; peace-at-any-price; don't rock the boat
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
selection; choice; option
to anticipate; to foresee
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
both; both sides; both parties
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
stockpile rice (kept by the government to use as emergency provisions); reserved rice
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
second crop; interim crop
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)
source of river; fountainhead
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
amount of precipitation; precipitation
alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer