What to Think of the Rice Theory of the Japanese Character

Seeds will only ____ properly if they've been sitting for many months in a sunlit pool of water.

It means that rice generally has to be grown in ____ facing the sun with water flowing down the hillside through a well-managed network of sluices and dikes.

It means that rice generally has to be grown in terraces facing the sun with water flowing down the hillside through a well-managed network of ____.