Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island)
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
spirits (distilled beverage)
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
it was very good of you to come; glad to see you
current; hip; trendy; fashionable; stylish
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
eagerly; earnestly; assiduously; diligently; wholeheartedly
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
major earthquake; large earthquake
end of war; cessation of hostilities
to be fated to; be linked by fate
success; prosperity; boom
recital (i.e. of music, by a pupil); presentation (e.g. product launch)
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
cares; ill feeling; reserve
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
recovery; undoing; recall
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
older sister and younger brother
rule; reign; government; governing
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
at work; in the midst of work; working
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
one thin flat object; one sheet