Wakayama prefecture (Kinki area)
Yamagata prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Ishikawa prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
agricultural administration
reform; reformation; reorganization
industrialization; industrialisation; establishing a production system; putting something into production
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
Yangtze River; Changjiang River
from island to island; island-hopping
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
store; reserve; stock; savings
wealth and poverty; rich and poor
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
private funds; own funds; private property
agricultural book; book on agriculture
complete book; complete set; treatise
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
Tokugawa Mitsukuni (1628-1700)
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)