stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
at that time; in those days
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
specialization; specialisation
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
development; exploitation
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
incident; affair; happening; event
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
March; third month of the lunar calendar
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
Sanriku (the three former provinces of Rikuzen, Rikuchū and Rikuō)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
very great; enormous; serious
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to bring; to take; to bring about
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
family; members of a family
safety; welfare; well-being
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend