to drive away; to scatter; to rout
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
flagwaving; flagman; (in athletic competition) starter; instigator; leader
basis; based on; conformance; conformity; authority (of); standard
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant
Nuclear Safety Commission
atomic energy; nuclear power
disaster countermeasures office (temporary structure in case of emergency); headquarters for disaster control; disaster response headquarters
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
food and drink; eating and drinking
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
root of the nose; nose; sense of smell
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
bright person; talented student; prodigy
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse