subtle seasoning that brings out the flavor; secret ingredient
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
rather; sooner; preferably
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
stock-farming; livestock farming; cattle breeding
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
clothing and accessories; attire
centralization (e.g. power); centralisation
action of making something; -ification
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
agricultural technology; farming techniques
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate
agricultural land; farmland
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
environment; circumstance
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
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.)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
national character; regional character
living thing; living creature; animal; life