babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
equanimity; upeksa; upekkha
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
homecoming; return to one's home
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
casualties; injuries and deaths
falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin
to die (of a person); to have one's life come to a close
Kume Masao (1891.11.23-1952.3.1)
coined word; coinage; neologism
kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word; declensional kana ending
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
without permission; without notice
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
triple time; three important requisites
handbook; manual; vade mecum; essential item; must-have
formulation (of pharmaceuticals); preparation; pharmaceutical production
calamity; disaster; misfortune
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to affect; to impact; to influence
intenseness; violence; severity; vehemence; keenness
National Public Safety Commission
cabinet (of a government); ministry
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
edict; ordinance; proclamation
disaster countermeasures office (temporary structure in case of emergency); headquarters for disaster control; disaster response headquarters
Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act (1961)
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
countermeasures headquarters; task force; countermeasures office; emergency headquarters
public security operation
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
special measure; special measures
to apply (the law) with necessary modifications; to apply mutatis mutandis; to apply correspondingly