to rescue from; to help out of; to save
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
is something that; is that which
calamity; disaster; misfortune
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
self-help efforts; independent efforts; self-supporting endeavor
government-run television; public television
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
area struck (by some disaster); location of a disaster
tourist bus; sightseeing bus
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
video camera; video camcorder
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)
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
Mainichi Shimbun (newspaper)
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
tourist trade; travel industry; tourist business; tourist enterprise
money (esp. dirty money); loot; hardtack; dough
vitality; energy; dynamism
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
that's the way it is; such is life
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
gross domestic product; GDP
gross domestic product; GDP