to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
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
contiguous (of land); adjoining; adjacent; continuous (with); connected (without a break); seamlessly linked
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
death and injury; being killed or injured
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; 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
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
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
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
starting point; point of departure
deceased; late; dead; departed
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
(not) even once; (not) ever
good family; respectable family; decent family