地

place with warmer weather to spend the winter

soft ground

infected district; infected area; endemic area

Buddhism

Sañjīva (one of the Eight Greater Hells); hell of being torn to pieces and revived over and over

city centre (center); inner city; town centre

hinterland

very low land

brown beech mushroom (Hypsizygus marmoreus); brown clamshell mushroom

Japan-US Status of Forces Agreement (1960)

examination hell; ordeal of entrance examinations

launch site (for missiles, rockets, etc.)

paradise

obstinacy; stubbornness

peatland; peatlands; peat bog

cookie dough; biscuit dough

(one's) domicile

public land

Proverb

there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave

offshore earthquake

Idiomatic expression

first and foremost; most important thing to do first; top priority; plot 1, block 1

air-to-surface

slough; swampy lowland; moor; marsh

fallow land

outer material of a garment; shell of a jacket or coat; garment minus the lining