to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
participation; joining; entry; adherence
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to accept; to receive; to agree
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
mass communication; mass media
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
league; federation; union; alliance
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
(Japanese) Meteorological Agency; JMA
body; group; party; company; troupe
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter
massive earthquake; megaquake
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
major disaster (that necessitates economic support to its victims); serious disaster; catastrophe
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
average value; mean value; mean; expectation
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
secrecy; highly classified information