plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
a little more than; a little over; upwards of; (arch.) excess; (arch.) surplus; (arch.) remainder
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
casualties; injuries and deaths
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
scattered; separated; dispersed
perhaps; maybe; by some chance
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
security guarantee (e.g. military security, network security, etc.)
rice cultivation; rice crop
dry field farming; dry field crop
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
possession (esp. of a territory)
nobleman's illegitimate child; product (of e.g. war); offspring; aftermath