north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
armory; armoury; ordnance department
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
mass communication; mass media
computer; cyberbrain; digital brain
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
ordinary citizen; the general public
police cell; place of detention; jail
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
central government agencies; central bureaucracy
probability; likelihood; chances
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter
major earthquake; large earthquake
Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
one day; (on) a certain day
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
world; society; people; the public
feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
disturbance; riot; mayhem
one party; one faction; one clique
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
sea of fire; sea of flame
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple