being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
on the water; aquatic; waterside; water's edge
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
unfortunately; regrettably
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture
shop, bar, etc. where live jazz, pop, rock, etc. is performed; live music club
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
total destruction by fire; being burned down
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to claim victims; to leave casualties
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
Virgin Mary; Jesus' mother; Santa Maria (Columbus' ship)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
Luoyang (China); Kyoto (alternative name)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
around the world; throughout the world
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
several hundred; hundreds (of)
scale; scope; plan; structure
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
just one person; only one
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty