ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
emergency power supply; backup power; emergency power source
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
overlooking; turning a blind eye
public safety; public welfare
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
question; inquiry; enquiry
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
until now; so far; up to the present
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
landslide disaster; sediment disaster
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
amount of precipitation; precipitation
electricity; (electric) light
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness