device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
progress; advance; improvement; development
to repeat; to do something over again
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
second crop; interim crop
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
drought; long spell (period) of dry weather
cool summer; cold summer; cooler-than-normal summer
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
double; twice (as much); twofold
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
postwar period; period after Second World War
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
eruption; volcanic eruption
time; season; period; phase; stage
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
one by one; each; every; at intervals of