soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
absorption; suction; attraction
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
(period of) a year; during an era
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
(sudden) evening shower (rain)
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
slight; little; insignificant
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
yield; output; production
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
land subsidence; decline in influence
soil moisture; soil water
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
drought; long spell (period) of dry weather
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
that country; (arch.) nirvana
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
source of river; fountainhead
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
volume of water kept in store
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas