leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
to accept; to receive; to agree
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
medical office (esp. in a hospital); doctor's office
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
just because; even if; even though
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
as you see; as you can see
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
announcement of time; time signal; news report; newsletter
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
January; first month of the lunar calendar
17th day of the month; 17 days
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)
great earthquake (disaster); highly destructive earthquake
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
postwar period; period after Second World War
near-field earthquake; local earthquake, esp. with a shallow focus directly under a populated area