to fall on one's backside
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
sprinkling water over; irrigating
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to be helpful; to be useful
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
watering can; watering pot; sprinkling can
to bear fruit; to produce a crop
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
agricultural chemical (i.e. pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, etc.); agrochemical; agrichemical
chemical fertilizer; chemical fertiliser
organic fertilizer; organic fertiliser
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
production output; number of goods manufactured
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
manuring; fertilization; fertilisation
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
farming implement; farm tools
farming; agriculture; cultivation
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
proposed site; site chosen