mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
besides; in addition; also; moreover
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
to subsist; to keep on living
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
abundant harvest; bumper crop
prayer (for something); supplication
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
so-and-so; who?; which people?
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); being reborn; reincarnation
authority; power; function
oracle; revelation; divine message
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines
armed might; military power; the sword; force
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
(political) power; authority; influence
this, that and the other; this and that
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
calamity; disaster; misfortune
to concern; to be related
drought; long spell of dry weather
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)