(n) local office
(n) local self-governing body
(P)
(n) Local Autonomy Law (1947)
(n) geographic isolation
geographical isolation
(n) geographic race
(n) near-field earthquake (local earthquake, esp. with a shallow focus directly under a populated area)
(n) crown colony
(n) permanent colony
(adj-i) malicious (at heart)
spiteful
wicked
(exp) to create the heavens and the earth
(n) catastrophism
(n) Tonankai earthquake of 1944
(n) topographic map
(n) zoogeography
(n) zoogeographical region
(n) agricultural land commission
(n) demilitarized zone
demilitarised zone
(n) cultural geography
(n) developing a villa site
(n) manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)
(n) reclaimed land
(P)
(exp) room to breathe (usually in the negative as "no room to breathe")
(n) forestation plan
(n) slow earthquake
(n) karst
(n) (comp) carrier sense
(n) (comp) chassis ground
(n) rural area
(n) (comp) implied addressing
(adj-i) spineless
backboneless
timid
cowardly
weak-kneed
