region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan / eastern sea
134587
open sea
52889
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
89944
open sea
52889
bottom of the ocean
57792
ditch / drain / gutter / gap
81857
shape / state
105224
southern sea
138229
greatest / largest / maximum
86383
class, grade, rank / school class, grade
67114
earthquake
126369
case / situation
104830
Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo)
62755
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
89944
Kyushu (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
70831
Pacific Ocean
121712
near / close / beside / vicinity / proximity / besides / while
120278
cities, towns and villages / municipalities
90430
high tide / high water / full tide
157118
time / hour
92756
tsunami / tidal wave
129883
quantity / amount / volume / number / amount of money
83007
not less than / ... and more / ... and upwards
45608
possible / practicable / feasible
54792
nature (of a person)
111293
estimate / estimation
109806
cabinet
137741
prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto)
148624
expert / knowledgeable person
162110
meeting / conference / session / assembly / council / convention / congress
56822
official announcement / proclamation
80297
Japanese earthquake scale (level 1: weak to level 7: devastation)
108673
not less than / ... and more / ... and upwards
45608
area / region
126199
super- / ultra- / hyper- / very, really (conversational)
128922
tsunami / tidal wave
129883
southern sea
138229
greatest / largest / maximum
86383
class, grade, rank / school class, grade
67114
earthquake
126369
hypothesis / supposition / assumption
118756