level ground; plain; flatland
rice cultivation; rice crop
fruit growing; pomiculture
good harbor (harbour); fine harbor
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
Official Development Assistance; ODA
landscape photograph; scenic photograph
plants and animals; flora and fauna
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
poverty problem; poverty issue
apparent; obvious; very clear
place of residence; dwelling place
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
turning into a slum; becoming run-down; slumism; slumification
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
neighboring countries; surrounding countries
smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)