municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
major earthquake; large earthquake
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
proposed site; site chosen
disaster preparedness; prevention of damage resulting from a natural disaster; protection against disaster
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
(essential) utilities; lifeline
here and there; everywhere
suspension of water supply; water outage
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
a considerable number; a fair number
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
wooden house; woodframe house
various places; several sources
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
rescue operation; aid operation; rescue work
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
mass communication; mass media
police; police officer; police station
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs