elevation; height above sea level
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
half and half; fifty-fifty
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
every place; various places
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
noted product; local specialty
Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
fertile; rich; productive
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy (person); lackadaisical
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)
the same as always; day after day
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway