Satsumasendai City (Kagoshima)
Red Cross Hospital (91 hospitals in Japan)
main shock (of an earthquake)
hydroelectric plant or power station
forwarding; sending on; redirecting (e.g. mail); deadheading (e.g. train)
information centre; documentation centre; clearinghouse for information
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
disaster countermeasures office (temporary structure in case of emergency); headquarters for disaster control; disaster response headquarters
Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)
female junior high school student
short circuit; leakage (of electricity); electrical fault
both (railway) tracks; (both) up and down tracks (lines)
warning (e.g. for a storm); advisory
heart and lungs; cardiopulmonary; heart and lung machine
insertion; plug; (electrical) outlet; spasm of pain; griping pain
nuclear power plant; nuclear power station
using one's own judgement; making up one's own mind; judging for oneself
chance of precipitation; chance of rain
evacuation order; evacuation notice
hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter
the passage of electric current