large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
hydrogen sulphide; hydrogen sulfide; sulphuretted hydrogen; sulfuretted hydrogen
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)
rescue operation; aid operation; rescue work
shelter; safe shelter; evacuation shelter; place of refuge
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
hoisting (e.g. a flag); raising; flying; putting up
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
outline of the Sun (esp. represented as a red circle); the Japanese flag
to handle (a thing) roughly
still; even now; to this day
respiratory tract; air duct
ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.); concert
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
source (of a river, etc.)
unprecedented; record-breaking
directly under; falling perpendicularly
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
to flap strongly; to stir up fiercely