Vocabulary

platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)

duck hunting

duck hunting

to clap one's hands in prayer

thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage

thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage

cut; clip; shear; reap; trim; prune

stubble

to cut and dry (in the sun)

haircut; pruning

stubble

reaping machine

mower; reaper

to harvest all of (a crop); to reap completely; to finish cutting (e.g. weeds)

cut-over land

harvested rice field

to harvest; to reap

reapers

to thatch (a roof)

harvested grain; harvested rice ears

new-mown (grass); newly cut (hair); newly shorn (wool)

removal; cut off; mowing

drying; dried

to dry up; to scab; to slough

to dry up; to shrivel

dry fruit (e.g. nuts, legumes, follicles)

dry Japanese confectionery; dry Japanese sweets

dried edible seaweed

sun-dried fish or vegetables

freeboard

drying and hardening

to dry and harden

completely drying up

heaven and earth; universe

stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task

dried vegetables

dry lumber

degree of humidity

humidity meter