Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
in the end; on top of that
foreign; abroad; overseas
evacuation (to the country); spreading out (troops); deployment; dispersal
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
nuclear power plant accident; nuclear accident
eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
safe and secure; safe and worry-free
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
stricken area; disaster-stricken area; affected area; afflicted area
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
impromptu; improvised; extempore; instant (e.g. ramen)
patriotic feelings; patriotism
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
don't you think?; indicates question
to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer