plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
fertile; rich; productive
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
being on the verge of starvation; being about to starve
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
steam locomotive; steam train; (long-distance) train; non-electric train; diesel train
Manchuria and Inner Mongolia
border (between countries); national border
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
arable land; plantation; farmland; fazenda; hacienda; large estate
farming implement; farm tools
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
(small) stone; rock; pebble
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
several years; a few years
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
military force; force of arms; strength of an army