et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
great earthquake (disaster); Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
secretary-general; director
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
area struck (by some disaster); location of a disaster
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
name; given name; first name
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
rather; better; instead; if anything
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
I see; that's right; indeed
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
charge (of something); matter in one's charge; (one's) assignment; (one's) job
consequence; outcome; result; blame