devastating; catastrophic; crushing
serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
(period of) a year; during an era
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
health preservation; recuperation; recreation
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing