jpdb beta

destruction; collapse; crumbling

23

unreality

1

dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; openmouthed (with surprise)

3

... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...

1

pre-war days; before the war

1

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

1

power shovel; excavator

1

trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade

2

recovery; undoing; recall

1

major earthquake; large earthquake

1

both sides (on the left and right); both neighbours

1

lumber; timber; wood

4

tile (e.g. roof)

1

here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

1

openly; in public; without caring what others think

1

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

3

rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish

13

fine split (e.g. in wood); hangnail

1

desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern

1

song of praise; eulogy; paean; hymn

1

slope; slanting surface; bevel

1

fall; tumble; spill; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent

1

collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash

3

natural phenomenon (phenomena)

2

with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay

2

necessity; need

1

crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis

1

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

1

to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice

3

master; expert; mansion; large house; rich family; distinguished family

1

back tooth; molar

1

worst; worst-case (scenario)

1

determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone

1

formal

1

I; me

1

to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy); to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)

1

normal course (of action); proper course; regular way

1

mercenary (soldier)

2

naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank

1

ringtone; ring tone; ringback tone; ringing tone

1

scrap iron

2

to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

2

cut; gash; incision

3

quick; nimble; agile; sharp; shrewd; smart

1

valuable article; valuables

1

stamp; seal

4

looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime

1

cardboard box; carton; corrugated box

1

small bottle

1

secondhand book; ancient book; antiquarian books

1