having ended; being resolved
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
to prevent; to take precautions
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
railing; guard rail; (arch.) (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars); (arch.) (flowing) endlessly (of tears)
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
along the river; riverside
health; healthy; sound; fit
intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)
Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)
to sweep away; to wash away; to dredge
splish-splash; with a splash
to aggravate; to make serious
promoting; increase; advance
standing tall; towering; soaring
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
extreme brutality; atrocity; heinousness; heinous nature
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
dissection; autopsy; analysis
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
excellent idea; great insight; clearsightedness; penetration; wisdom
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
fortune-telling; divination