hindrance; obstacle; harm; bad effect; sickness
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
another kind; distinct species; variety
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to mow; to reap; to harvest
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
seeing the old year out; greeting the New Year; passing the winter; playing past the usual 12 rounds in one game
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
depiction; description; portrayal
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
snowy; covered in deep snow
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
like this; this sort; this way
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
script; screenplay; scenario
to throw at; to turn; to raise
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness