death rate; mortality rate
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
Island; insula; island; islet
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
influence; effect; impact
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
chief; main; principal; major
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
Japan Sea coastal areas; Sea of Japan coastal areas
Niigata (city, prefecture)
Toyama (city, prefecture)
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
Nagano (city, prefecture)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
commencing with; including
Aomori (city, prefecture)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
like this; this sort; this way
why; how; for what reason
that is to say; so that means
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
already; now; no longer; not any more
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
winter; wintertime; winter term
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly