Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
carrier strike group; CSG
Operation Tomodachi; United States Armed Forces assistance operation to support Japan in disaster relief following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less
news programme; news program
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
farfetched (argument, opinion); forced (sense, view); strained (interpretation); distorted
historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
second-year student; biennial
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
stock (of goods); reserve; supply
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)
area struck (by some disaster); location of a disaster
rescue operation; aid operation; rescue work
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
major earthquake; large earthquake
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
school record (on a student); transcript (of grades); confidential report
to move (house); to change residence
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar