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leaving hospital; discharge from hospital

3

to accept; to receive; to agree

3

single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

2

bed

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

1

medical office (esp. in a hospital); doctor's office

2

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

2

just because; even if; even though

1

superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

1

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

4

the whole country

1

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

1

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

6

this morning

5

six o'clock

2

Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)

2

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

2

strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle

4

earthquake

20

Kobe (city)

10

sandbank; sandbar

2

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

2

seismic intensity

7

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

4

western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)

4

Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)

2

till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

2

spacious; vast; wide

2

extent; scope; sphere; range; span

2

shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word

4

to feel; to sense; to experience

2

as you see; as you can see

1

good evening

6

morning; a.m.

2

five o'clock

2

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

2

notice; notification

1

announcement of time; time signal; news report; newsletter

2

silent prayer

1

memorial service

1

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

2

January; first month of the lunar calendar

1

seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days

1

Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)

3

the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island)

1

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

1

magnitude

1

postwar period; period after Second World War

1

metropolis; large city

1

near-field earthquake; local earthquake, esp. with a shallow focus directly under a populated area

1