low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
farming implement; farm tools
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
development; exploitation
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
increase in population; population growth
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
tool; implement; means; furniture
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
casting; cast-metal object
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
farming; agriculture; cultivation
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
timber from forest thinning; thinned wood
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
pumping up water (e.g. to a high place for energy storage)