disaster relief; monetary assistance to disaster victims
to express one's deepest sympathies
not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure
one's condolences; feelings of sympathy
megalopolis; megacity; supercity
cracker; hard biscuit; hardtack
husband and wife; married couple
evacuation order; evacuation notice
hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter
billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)
bid for popularity; publicity stunt
diastrophism; movement and deformation of the earth's crust; upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
formulation (of a plan, policy, etc.); decision; settling on
being a victim of (some disaster); suffering from
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
harmonica; mouth organ; cunnilingus; hypodermic syringe
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
cracks or fissures in the ground
main road; main thoroughfare
transport aircraft; transport plane
official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
wounded person; injured person
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
Niigata (city, prefecture)
section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension; interval