mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva); tawny daylily; tobacco
countermeasures headquarters; task force; countermeasures office; emergency headquarters
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
intensive; concentrated; focused
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
overhead wires; elevated railway
very great; enormous; serious
Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway; Shuto Expressway
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
the deceased; deaths; persons killed
serious or slight injury; major and minor injuries
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
six (long cylindrical things)
Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)
fire brigade; fire company
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
military officer; naval officer
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
fire fighting; extinguishing a fire
fortunately; luckily; thankfully