terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
after that; afterwards; thereafter
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
in comparison to; rather than
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
many; much; plenty; hardly
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
open field; empty lot; plain
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
construction; architecture (of buildings)
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
such; like that; that sort of; very
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
dozens; scores of; decades