wasteland;  wilderness;  deserted land;  prairie;  vast plain;  wilds
 absurd;  nonsensical;  preposterous
 ruin;  destruction;  devastation;  waste;  decay
 wasteland;  wilderness;  abandoned land;  devastated land
 unheard-of;  unprecedented
 absurd;  nonsensical;  ridiculous;  idiotic;  laughable;  ludicrous
 wild land;  wasteland;  wilderness
 wasteland;  barren or infertile soil
 desolate (e.g. plains);  ruined
 guardian deity of the three jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha);  three-person saddle
 spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home;  being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures
 all nature being bleak and desolate;  scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see
 exaggerated beyond recognition;  nonsense;  wild talk;  lies
 cold wind blowing at Lake Biwa around the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar
 cold desert;  arctic desert;  fell-field
 Sebastes iracundus (species of rockfish)
 scene looking desolate and forlorn