earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
company housing; housing provided by one's company
name of a town; name of a street; name of a neighborhood
Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
underground activity; underground activities; underground movement
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
very much; very many; more and more
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
government forces; loyalist army
allegiance; obedience; submission
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
group of companies; combine
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
one large ...; a great ...
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
coming out; emerging; being born into (a certain family); being a native of (a particular place)
Sekikawa Natsuo (1949.11-)
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line