fields (of rice and other crops)
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
competing; competition; auction
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
fee; charge; rate; material
banker (gambling); bookmaker; person who runs a gambling den; manager; boss
horse racing operated by the Japan Racing Association
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation
head house (family); birthplace; originator
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
insignificant; trifling; paltry; cottage (industry); tiny (company)
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
one by one; one after another; successively
Cala (South Africa); Ka-ra; Karla
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
bright person; talented student; prodigy
to win and advance to the next round
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
very; much; greatly; a lot of
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
to be adopted; to enter a family as an adopted child
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
cares; ill feeling; reserve
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
another family; another house
(brother and sister) born of a different mother