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to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

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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.)

10

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

8

in all

1

sign; indication; omen; symptom

1

last year

2

hundred; 100

1

few decades; many decades; several decades

1

heavy rain; torrential rainfall; downpour

8

to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike

2

literature; books (reference); document

1

to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

3

(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly

1

omen; sign; notice; indication

1

to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

5

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

1

rice grown on dry land; dry land rice plant

4

(water-filled) paddy field

9

cultivation

5

wet-land rice

2

to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew

2

geological features

1

area; region; district; locality

1

rice plant (Oryza sativa)

2

riparian works; flood-control works

4

going around; patrol; round; tour

1

long visit; overstaying

1

soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction

1

inoculation; vaccination

1

rice cultivation; rice crop

1

seedling; young plant; rice seedling

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

3

(husked grains of) rice

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drainage

1

inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip

1

ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)

1

rice husks; chaff

1

to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

1

haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste

1

method of bringing up; method of raising

1

important point; point to make note of

1

(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description

1

river management; river improvement; flood control

1

to lend; to loan; to let out on hire

1

when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

1

to borrow; to take out

1

can't help worrying; besides myself with worry

1

recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo

1

to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with

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