area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
production output; number of goods manufactured
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
Palana (Russia); Parana (Argentina); Paraná (Brazil)
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
kind (of goods); brand; (taxonomical) form; breed; cultivar
mutant strain; mutated variant; mutant species
Amazon River; Rio Amazonas
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
southernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
100,000,000; one hundred million
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
annotation; commentary; explanatory note
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
labor; labour; manpower; working force
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)