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Question 1

日本海側の地域

Answer 1

the area facing the Sea of Japan

Question 2

地域によって

Answer 2

depending on the area

Question 3

日本列島

Answer 3

the Japanese Archipelago

Question 4

国土面積

Answer 4

land area

Question 5

日本の総面積は38万キロ平方メートルです

Answer 5

Japan’s total land area is about 380,000 square kilometers.

Question 6

日本の面積はアメリカの約25分の1です（中国は1/26)

Answer 6

Japan’s land area is about one-twentyfifth that of China.

Question 7

日本の国土はドイツとほぼ同じくらいです

Answer 7

Japan’s land area is about the same as that of Germany.

Question 8

イギリスの面積は日本の約三分の二です。

Answer 8

The land area of the UK is about two-thirds that of Japan.

Question 9

フランスの国土は日本の1.5倍です。

Answer 9

France’s land area is 1.5 times larger than that of Japan.

Question 10

北緯〜度

Answer 10

~degrees north latitude

Question 11

東経135度

Answer 11

135 degrees east longitude

Question 12

日本標準時子午線

Answer 12

Japan Standard Time Meridian (JSTM)

Question 13

日本の標準時子午線は東経135度です。

Answer 13

The Japan Standard Time Meridian is 135 degrees east longitude.

Question 14

日本の最北端は宗谷岬です

Answer 14

The northern tip of Japan is Cape Soya.

Question 15

有人島

Answer 15

inhabited island

Question 16

無人島

Answer 16

uninhabited island

Question 17

日本の排他的経済水域は世界６位

Answer 17

Japan’s exclusive economic zone is the 6th largest in the world.

Question 18

日本の面積は世界61位

Answer 18

Japan’s total land area is the 61st largest in the world.

Question 19

対馬海流は日本海を北上しています。

Answer 19

The Tushima Current flows northward along the Japan Sea coast.

Question 20

山に囲まれた地域は普通あまり雨が降りません

Answer 20

Areas surrounded by mountains usually have less precipitation.

Question 21

排他的経済水域は領海の橋から最長200海里まで伸びています。

Answer 21

An exclusive economic zone extends from the outer limit of the territorial sea to a maximum of 200 nautical miles.

Question 22

年間降水量の世界平均は970mm

Answer 22

The world’s average annual precipitation is about 970 millimeters.

Question 23

日本の平均年間降水量は1700mm（東京は1500mm)

Answer 23

Japan’s average annual precipitation is about 1700 millimeters.

Question 24

気候

Answer 24

climate

Question 25

天気、天候

Answer 25

weather

Question 26

平均気温

Answer 26

the average temperature

Question 27

内陸地方

Answer 27

inland area

Question 28

日本の殆どは温帯に属している

Answer 28

Major parts of Japan belong to the Temperate Zone.

Question 29

亜寒帯

Answer 29

the subfrigid zone

Question 30

亜熱帯

Answer 30

the subtropical zone

Question 31

日本の殆どが温帯に属している

Answer 31

Most part of Japan belong to the Temperate Zone.

Question 32

日本は四季の変化が明確である

Answer 32

Seasonal changes in Japan are distinct.

Question 33

日本の森林率は約70パーセントで、殆どの森は山にある

Answer 33

Japan's forest cover is about 70 percent and most forests are located in mountainous areas.

Question 34

常緑針葉樹林

Answer 34

evergreen coniferous forest

Question 35

落葉広葉樹林

Answer 35

deciduous broadleaved forest

Question 36

熱帯雨林

Answer 36

tropical rain forest

Question 37

松

Answer 37

pine tree

Question 38

ブナ

Answer 38

beech

Question 39

楠

Answer 39

camphor tree

Question 40

檜

Answer 40

cypress

Question 41

日本の人工林の50パーセントは杉である。

Answer 41

Nearly 50 percent of artificial forests in Japan consist of cedar trees.

Question 42

現在人工林の天然林に対する割合は4:5程度である。

Answer 42

Currently, the ratio of planted forests to natural forests is about 4 to 5.

Question 43

人工林の割合は増してきている

Answer 43

The proportion of planted forests has been increasing.

Question 44

杉は成長が早い

Answer 44

Cedar grows faster.

Question 45

地域によって

Answer 45

depending on the area

Question 46

〜からなっている

Answer 46

consist of/ be made up of

Question 47

自然と調和して生きる

Answer 47

live in harmony with nature

Question 48

島にある

Answer 48

be located on the island

Question 49

〜に寄るところが大きい

Answer 49

owe much to

Question 50

〜の結果として

Answer 50

the result of

Question 51

急速な経済成長

Answer 51

a rapid economic growth

Question 52

二十世紀後半の日本の高度成長期に

Answer 52

During the time of Japan's economic growth in the latter half of the 20th century

Question 53

〜はもっとも進んだ〜の一つ

Answer 53

be one of the most advanced

Question 54

地勢

Answer 54

topography

Question 55

もっとも北の

Answer 55

the northernmost

Question 56

気温差

Answer 56

temperature difference

Question 57

自然を敬う

Answer 57

respect nature

Question 58

〜する過程で

Answer 58

in the process of / in the course of

Question 59

経験する

Answer 59

go through