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Vocabulary for NHK Special: Nankai Trough Kyodai Jishin

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その

x40 | Rank #28

that; the ; part (as in "part two") ; um ...; er ...; uh ...

日(ひ)

x13 | Rank #246

day; days ; sun; sunshine; sunlight ; (the) day; daytime; daylight ; date; deadline ; (past) days; time (e.g. of one's childhood) ; case (esp. unfortunate); event

も

x224 | Rank #7

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence) ; both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) ; even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than ; even if; even though; although; in spite of ; further; more; again; another; the other

いつも

x6 | Rank #232

always; all the time; at all times ; never ; usual; regular; habitual; customary

と

x187 | Rank #6

if; when ; and ; with ; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.) ; promoted pawn ; indicates a question

変(か)わる

x4 | Rank #402

to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary ; to move to ; to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual

だ

x48 | Rank #8

be; is

思(おも)う

x31 | Rank #73

to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon ; to think (of doing); to plan (to do) ; to judge; to assess; to regard ; to imagine; to suppose; to dream ; to expect; to look forward to ; to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want ; to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love ; to recall; to remember

３(さん)月(がつ)

x2 | Rank #3,967

March ; third month of the lunar calendar

頭(あたま)

x4 | Rank #259

head ; hair (on one's head) ; mind; brains; intellect ; leader; chief; boss; captain ; top; tip ; beginning; start ; head; person ; down payment; deposit ; top structural component of a kanji ; pair

の

x775 | Rank #1

indicates possessive ; nominalizes verbs and adjectives ; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases ; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion ; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis ; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

とある

x1 | Rank #4,934

a certain ...

土(ど)曜(よう)日(び)

x2 | Rank #5,804

Saturday

午(ご)後(ご)

x7 | Rank #1,983

afternoon; p.m.

８(はち)時(じ)

x5 | Rank #6,269

eight o'clock

分(ぶん)

x15 | Rank #442

part; portion; share ; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); enough (for) ; one's means; one's place; one's lot; one's social position ; one's duty; one's part ; condition; state (of affairs); extent; rate (as in "at this rate") ; in proportion to; just as much as; to the same degree ; content (e.g. alcohol); percentage ; equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)

和(わ)歌(か)山(やま)県(けん)

x14 | Rank #69,105

Wakayama Prefecture (Kinki area)

南(なん)方(ぽう)

x7 | Rank #14,382

the south; southward; southern direction ; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)

沖(おき)

x9 | Rank #9,803

open sea ; Okinawa

で

x102 | Rank #25

without doing ...

マグニチュード

x5 | Rank #68,880

magnitude

巨(きょ)大(だい)地(じ)震(しん)

x37 | Rank #86,084

megaquake; massive earthquake

が

x524 | Rank #4

indicates the subject of a sentence ; indicates possession ; but; however; (and) yet; though; although; while ; and ; used after an introductory remark or explanation ; regardless of ...; whether ... (or not); no matter ... ; indicates a desire or hope ; softens a statement ; indicates doubt ; indicates scorn

発(はっ)生(せい)

x16 | Rank #2,260

occurrence; incidence; outbreak; birth (e.g. of civilization) ; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production ; ontogeny; development; growth; breeding

海(うみ)

x8 | Rank #523

sea; ocean; waters

は

x407 | Rank #2

indicates sentence topic ; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated) ; adds emphasis

暴(あば)れる

x1 | Rank #2,538

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

街(まち)

x2 | Rank #638

town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood ; downtown; main street ; street; road

うねり

x1 | Rank #21,268

undulation; winding; meandering ; swell (of waves); ground swell; surge; billow; roller

私(わたし)たち

x9 | Rank #311

we; us

知(し)る

x13 | Rank #131

to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover ; to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize ; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to appreciate ; to remember; to be familiar with; to be acquainted with ; to experience; to go through; to know (e.g. hardship) ; to get acquainted with (a person); to get to know ; to have to do with; to be concerned with; to be one's concern; to be one's responsibility

いい

x18 | Rank #30

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable ; sufficient; enough; ready; prepared ; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial ; OK; all right; fine; no problem

目(め)

x6 | Rank #121

eye; eyeball ; eyesight; sight; vision ; look; stare; gaze; glance ; notice; attention; observation; eyes (of the world, public, etc.) ; an experience ; viewpoint ; discrimination; discernment; judgement; eye (e.g. for quality) ; (an) appearance ; chance (of success); possibility (of a good result) ; spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.); opening; stitch; texture; weave

を

x328 | Rank #3

indicates direct object of action ; indicates subject of causative expression ; indicates an area traversed ; indicates time (period) over which action takes place ; indicates point of departure or separation of action ; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

背(そむ)ける

x1 | Rank #9,450

to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)

その時(とき)

x5 | Rank #821

at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion

地(じ)震(しん)

x88 | Rank #5,168

earthquake

ある日(ひ)

x1 | Rank #3,417

one day; (on) a certain day

突(とつ)然(ぜん)

x2 | Rank #833

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

訪(おとず)れる

x1 | Rank #2,282

to visit; to call on ; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear

こと

x124 | Rank #13

thing; matter ; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis ; circumstances; situation; state of affairs ; work; business; affair ; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to ; nominalizing suffix ; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... ; alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or ; necessity; need ; you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...

日本(にほん)列(れっ)島(とう)

x3 | Rank #49,889

the Japanese islands

南(みなみ)

x2 | Rank #1,919

south

に

x414 | Rank #5

at (place, time); in; on; during ; to (direction, state); toward; into ; for (purpose) ; because of (reason); for; with ; by; from ; as (i.e. in the role of) ; per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month") ; and; in addition to ; if; although

ある

x59 | Rank #36

to be; to exist; to live ; to have ; to be located ; to be equipped with ; to happen; to come about

南(なん)海(かい)トラフ

x18 | Rank #131,171

Nankai Trough

ここ

x26 | Rank #58

here; this place ; this point; here; now ; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ... ; the next ... (e.g. few days); these next ...

では

x68 | Rank #70

then; well; so; well then ; bye then ; at; in; by; with; using ; if not ...; unless ...

陸(りく)側(がわ)

x2 | Rank #116,949

landward; on the landward side

プレート

x5 | Rank #12,058

plate (e.g. nameplate, license plate) ; plate (dish) ; (tectonic) plate ; (home) plate; pitcher's mound ; plate ; plate ; plate (of a vacuum tube); anode

海(うみ)側(がわ)

x2 | Rank #54,447

seaward side

押(お)す

x4 | Rank #1,367

to push; to thrust; to shove ; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to exert pressure on ; to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal) ; to affix (e.g. gold leaf) ; to push (someone for something); to press; to put pressure on (someone) ; to overwhelm; to overpower; to put (someone) under pressure; to be superior to ; to push ahead (with a policy, plan, etc.); to proceed; to stick to ; to do ... in spite of ...; to defy; to brave; to push aside ; to make sure ; to fall behind schedule

続(つづ)ける

x6 | Rank #386

to continue; to keep up; to keep on

ひずみ

x2 | Rank #42,280

strain; deformation; warp; distortion ; harmful effects; strain; stress; imbalance

蓄(ちく)積(せき)

x2 | Rank #11,842

accumulation; accumulate; store

およそ

x6 | Rank #4,672

about; roughly; approximately ; generally; on the whole; as a rule ; completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb) ; outline; gist

年(とし)

x35 | Rank #143

year ; age; years ; past one's prime; old age

から

x112 | Rank #12

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since ; from (originator); by ; because; since ; out of (constituent, part) ; through (e.g. window, vestibule) ; after; since ; expresses sympathy or warning

間(かん)隔(かく)

x3 | Rank #14,583

space; interval ; space character; whitespace

繰(く)り返(かえ)し

x2 | Rank #8,111

repetition; repeat; reiteration; iteration; refrain; cycle ; repeatedly

引(ひ)き起(お)こす

x2 | Rank #6,535

to cause; to induce; to bring about; to provoke ; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

くる

x25 | Rank #63

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive ; to come back; to do ... and come back ; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue ; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from ; to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...")

南(なん)海(かい)トラフ巨(きょ)大(だい)地(じ)震(しん)

x18 | Rank #133,189

Nankai megathrust earthquake

危(き)機(き)

x2 | Rank #3,207

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

直(ちょく)面(めん)

x3 | Rank #15,353

confrontation ; to face; to confront; to encounter

する

x115 | Rank #18

to do; to carry out; to perform ; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into) ; to serve as; to act as; to work as ; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.) ; to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as ; to decide on; to choose ; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) ; to be (in a state, condition, etc.) ; to be worth; to cost ; to pass (of time); to elapse

か

x138 | Rank #9

indicates a question ; or; whether or not ; some- (e.g. something, someone) ; hmm; huh ; very ; -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y ; in that way

国(くに)

x20 | Rank #411

country; state ; region ; national government; central government ; home (i.e. hometown, home country) ; province (of Japan) ; land; earth

想(そう)定(てい)

x17 | Rank #5,016

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation

最(さい)悪(あく)の場(ば)合(あい)

x2 | Rank #20,045

worst case

激(はげ)しい

x7 | Rank #1,547

violent; furious; tempestuous ; extreme; intense; fierce; strong ; fervent; vehement ; incessant; relentless ; precipitous; steep

揺(ゆ)れ

x28 | Rank #11,837

shaking; shake; jolt; jolting; vibration; tremor; flickering ; unsettledness; instability; vacillating; wavering ; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word

や

x182 | Rank #72

such things as ...; and ... and ; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as ; be; is ; o; oh ; huh; what ; hi ; yes; what? ; yes?; no?; is it?; isn't it?

大(おお)津(つ)波(なみ)

x7 | Rank #63,257

giant tsunami (over 3m in height according to the JMA definition); giant tidal wave

被(ひ)害(がい)を受(う)ける

x1 | Rank #70,900

to be damaged; to receive damage

都(と)府(ふ)県(けん)

x2 | Rank #135,388

prefectures (of Japan, excl. Hokkaido)

しかし

x3 | Rank #162

however; but

専(せん)門(もん)家(か)

x8 | Rank #7,426

specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit

日本(にほん)

x11 | Rank #534

Japan

全(ぜん)体(たい)

x3 | Rank #2,266

whole; entirety ; to begin with; in the first place ; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")

長(ちょう)期(き)間(かん)

x1 | Rank #29,575

long period (of time)

にわたって

x4 | Rank #15,309

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

大(おお)きな

x7 | Rank #513

big; large; great

ダメージ

x6 | Rank #2,170

damage

受(う)ける

x3 | Rank #480

to receive; to get ; to catch (e.g. a ball) ; to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.) ; to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence) ; to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge) ; to be given (e.g. life, talent) ; to find funny; to find humorous; to be amused (by) ; to follow; to succeed; to be descended from ; to face (south, etc.) ; to be modified by

危(き)惧(ぐ)

x2 | Rank #15,254

apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety

別(べつ)

x2 | Rank #552

distinction; difference; discrimination ; separate; different; another; extra ; exception; exclusion ; classified by; ranked by; according to

シナリオ

x6 | Rank #6,904

script; screenplay ; scenario

半(はん)分(ぶん)

x4 | Rank #1,361

half

だけ

x39 | Rank #45

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone ; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

最(さい)初(しょ)

x5 | Rank #385

beginning; outset; first; onset

割(わ)れる

x2 | Rank #3,471

to break; to be smashed ; to split; to crack; to fissure; to be torn ; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party) ; to come to light; to become clear; to be identified; to be revealed ; to become distorted (of sound); to clip ; to be divisible (without a remainder) ; to drop below a minimum

ケース

x13 | Rank #3,787

case (container) ; case (instance, situation) ; case

その後(あと)

x5 | Rank #1,487

after that; afterwards; thereafter

隣(りん)接(せつ)

x1 | Rank #21,825

adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

エリア

x4 | Rank #3,276

area