gene recombination; genetically modified; GM
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
item; commodity; list of articles
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
crops; agricultural produce
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
urban area; urban district
heavy concentration; overconcentration
brake; drag; skid; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
agricultural land; farmland
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
already; now; no longer; not any more
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
epidemic; plague; pestilence
full automation; becoming unmanned; making (something) unmanned
farming; agriculture; cultivation
type of occupation; occupational category
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
single; simple; sole; individual; unitary
kind (of goods); brand; (taxonomical) form; breed; cultivar
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
import; importation; introduction; afferent
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
Japanese citizen; Japanese citizens
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy