planting; planting out; transplanting
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
to be cold (to); to ignore (someone)
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
disciple; pupil; follower
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
rich in ...; high in ...; full of ...; very ...; quite ...
high-pressure salesmanship; the hard sell; aggressive peddling
word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase
detectable; noticeable; recognizable; observable
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
method of bringing up; method of raising
farm work; field labour; field labor
to have a chat with; to exchange words or promises; to promise; to get engaged
spare time; free time; leisure time
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
working in the fields; working on a farm
source of one's livelihood; one's bread and butter
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
joy of being born a woman; good fortune of being born a woman
three sun (ca. 9.1 cm); something small, short or thin (roughly the size of three sun); stall-keeper; huckster; (arch.) prostitute of the lowest rank
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker
ending up right back where one started
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason