seedling; young plant; rice seedling
fine weather; fair weather
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
gardening; puttering around in the garden
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
dry field farming; dry field crop
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse (of the Edo shogunate)
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
type (of goods); sort; (taxonomical) form; breed; variety
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
heating; application of heat
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with