place; situation; position; location
island arc; crescent-shaped archipelago
land area (of a country, continent, etc.)
mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
depression; lowlands; low ground; bottom land; plain
infiltration (e.g. of water); flooding
southwest Japan (southwest of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line)
Nagasaki prefecture (Kyushu)
Tsushima (former province located on Tsushima Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Tsushima (island)
southwestern part; the southwest
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
northeast Japan (northeast of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line)
counterclockwise; anti-clockwise
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
... and westward; west of
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
high ground; plateau; heights
arc shape; crescent shape