fertilization; fertilisation; impregnation; pollination; insemination
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
large serving; large portion
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
inner-city area; city center
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that