fertile; rich; productive
country; territory; domain; realm
agricultural country; agrarian nation
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
bored; having nothing to do; idle
fine weather; fair weather
to watch steadily; to stare
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
inspection; examination; check; checkpoint; screening; inspection (esp. by police or security)
one's family; family member
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
government; administration; ministry
occupation; calling; livelihood
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
carefully; closely; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
migration; move; emigration; immigration
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
the number of people; many people; a large number of people