upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
interest; rights; concession
moderately wealthy person
village; human habitation; human settlement
field survey; field work (research); on-the-spot investigation
familiarity with the land; (having) knowledge about a place
to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
familiarity with the land; (having) knowledge about a place
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
barn (for storage); shed; outbuilding
vigorous (in old age); hale and hearty
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
old body; aged person; elderly person
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
vitality; (one's) life force
to take (someone) to task; to tell off severely; to give a good talking-to; to scold
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
indicates emotion or exclamation; hey; you
loud laughter (esp. by a group of people); roar of laughter; raucous laughter
matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
death by suffocation; death by choking
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
content-free chat; idle gossip; watercooler talk
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me