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fire engine; fire truck

2

siren

1

to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

3

yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

2

tape

1

low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant

1

curious onlookers; rubbernecks

2

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

6

everybody for himself; everyone for themselves

1

Goudouchousha

1

suffix for building numbers

1

third floor

1

self-government

1

bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

1

to take one's eyes off

1

urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once

2

Tokyo Fire Department

4

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

2

countermeasures headquarters; task force; countermeasures office; emergency headquarters

1

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

2

floor

3

Fire and Disaster Management Agency (formerly: Fire Defense Agency) (Defence)

5

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

1

net news; network news; Usenet

1

notice; notification; report; posting

1

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

5

to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch

1

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

1

you (plural)

1

southwest

1

a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic

1

corridor; hallway; passageway

1

to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

1

performance of one's official duties

1

to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl

1

General Affairs Bureau

1

to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

1

road surface

6

cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence

6

cause; origin; source

2

unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

1

Yuurakuchōsen

1

underground water

4

channel; duct; passage; watercourse; flow channel

1

permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis

1

actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set

4

specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit

1

road; highway

1

digging out; excavation

1

spring; welling of water

1