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BRANCH · THEME IN TIME & NATURE

平野へいや・県民けんみん・野生やせい

Land, regions & wildlife
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Plains, zones & sites

hiroba · square, plaza
Let's meet at the plaza in front of the station.
bīchi · beach
I'm planning to swim at the beach this weekend.
chiten · spot, point (on a map)
This is the starting point.
jimen · ground, earth
The ground is wet from the rain.
chitai · zone, belt
This area is an industrial zone.
kyōkai · boundary, border
There's a fence on the boundary with the neighbor's house.
gake · cliff
It's dangerous near the cliff.
shikichi · site, grounds
The school grounds are very big.
kokudo · national land, territory
Most of Japan's land is mountainous.
daichi · the earth, the land
The ground shook and I was startled.
kuiki · zone, area
This area is off limits.
heiya · plain
The Kanto Plain is the largest in Japan.

Prefectures & residents

kennai · within the prefecture
There are lots of hot springs in the prefecture.
kakkoku · each country, every country
Representatives from every country gathered.
kenmin · people of the prefecture
Do you think prefectural character really exists?
imin · immigrant; immigration
My grandfather went to Brazil as an immigrant.
nanbu · southern part
Southern Kyushu is warm.
zainichi · living in Japan (of foreigners)
The number of foreign residents in Japan is increasing.
zaijū · living in, resident
I met a friend who lives in Tokyo.
setai · household
Single-person households are increasing.
jūnin · resident
I greeted the residents of the apartment building.
chūgokujin · Chinese person
I have a Chinese friend in my class.
taishū · the masses, the public
This place is a diner for ordinary people.
todōfuken · prefectures (of Japan)
Japan has forty-seven prefectures.

Wildlife & animal parts

washi · eagle
I saw an eagle flying in the sky.
osu · male (animal)
This beetle is a male.
yasei · wild
I saw wild monkeys in the mountains.
kaeru · frog
On rainy days the frogs are loud.
shippo · tail
The dog is wagging its tail happily.
kiba · fang, tusk
An elephant's tusks are very long.

Angles, at hand & inside

shanai · inside the train or car
Please refrain from phone calls on the train.
naname · diagonal, slanting
The bank is diagonally across the street.
temoto · at hand, on hand
I don't have a dictionary at hand, so I can't look it up.