中ちゅう山さん間かん地ち域いき

noun

hilly and mountainous area; intermediate area between plains and mountains

A geographical and administrative term used in Japanese regional planning and agriculture to refer to areas that are neither flat plains nor deep mountains, often characterized by sloping land and small-scale farming.

• 中ちゅう山さん間かん地ち域いきでは、高こう齢れい化かと過か疎そ化かが進すすんでいる。

  In hilly and mountainous areas, aging and depopulation are progressing.

• この補ほ助じょ金きんは中ちゅう山さん間かん地ち域いきの農のう業ぎょうを支し援えんするためのものです。

  This subsidy is for supporting agriculture in hilly and mountainous areas.