proving ground; test site
one's house; one's home; one's family
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
buried gold; buried treasure
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
tradition; folklore; legend; (verbal) message; word (from someone)
mother; motherboard; Mother (title of a senior nun); Mother Superior
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
way; method; means; resource; course
to bud; to sprout; to develop (of talents, feelings, etc.); to awaken
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; weed; cannabis
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
manure; night soil; dung; something that will help one develop in the future
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf