hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
(the degree of) self-sufficiency (e.g. in oil)
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
chief; main; principal; major
various countries; various regions; various provinces
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
March; third month of the lunar calendar
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
is something that; is that which
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
above-mentioned; above-named; above
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
morning sickness; hyperemesis gravidarum
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
gross domestic product; GDP
meaning; significance; sense
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
import; importation; introduction; afferent
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)