05/03/2016

   Kumamoto faces a host of challenges a month after first quake

                                                                                                                                                                    JIJI  Article history          

Key infrastructure in the affected areas is almost completely restored. Kyushu Railway Co.’s Kyushu Shinkansen Line reopened fully after a derailment of an out-of-service train, and the whole of the Kyushu Expressway is now open again to traffic. After a period of shortages, products are available in sufficient amounts at supermarkets and other retailers. The succession of earthquakes in Kumamoto and nearby areas started with a 6.5-magnitude quake on the night of April 14, which measured the strongest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Mashiki. Less than two days later, in the small hours of April 16, Kumamoto was hit by a magnitude-7.3 temblor, thought to be the main shock in the series, registering 7 on the Japanese scale in Mashiki and Nishihara. So far, more than 1,400 quakes of 1 or higher on the Japanese scale have struck the areas, including 18 that measured lower 5 or stronger.

 

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桜前線           cherry blossom front

枯山水           dry landscape garden / garden composed entirely of rocks and sand

漢字          Chinese character(s)

漆器          lacquer ware / lacqured ware / japan ware

七宝          cloisonne/ the art of enameling on a metal base of copper or silver

書道          calligraphy / penmanship / the method of writing with a brush and

                                    a dark Indian ink

水墨画(墨絵)       India-ink painting / painting in India ink

人間国宝          living national treasure

枕草子           the Pillow Book   

回り舞台          revolving stage

民芸品           folk craft / folk handicraft

釉薬(ゆうやく)      glaze

おみくじ        written oracle / fortune slip / sacred lot

神主          Shinto priest / the chief priest of a Shinto shrine

(神社などの)境内          the precincts ( of a shrine ) / the compound ( of a shrine )

五重塔           five-story [ five-storied ] pagoda / five tier pagoda 

狛犬            a pair of stone-carved guardian dogs 

三回忌           the second anniversary of ( a person's ) death 

しめなわ          sacred straw rope ( decorated with cut paper ) / sacred Shinto

                                   straw festoon

大仏          great image (statue) of Buddha 

祝詞(のりと)       Shinto prayer

雲丹(うに)      sea urchin / seasoned sea urchin eggs 

かやぶき屋根          thatched roof    

辛子明太子           spicy cod roe     ※ cod,cod fish (たら)

牛丼          beef bowl / a bowl of rice topped with thinly seasoned beef and

                                   vegetables

玄米          unpolished rice / uncleaned rice / unmilled rice / brown rice

麹(こうじ)        malt

鯖(さば)         mackerel

精進料理          vegetarian cuisine [food]

扇子          folding fan

大根おろし         grated Japanese radish

柘植(つげ)の櫛      boxwood comb

つまようじ       ( tooth ) pick / picker

天守閣         donjon / castle tower / (castle) keep

てんぷら                        deep-fried food [fish and vegetables] / Japanese deep-fat

                                    fried food/ Japanese deep fry / batter-fried seafood and vegetables

豆乳          soy milk / soybean milk

豆腐          ( soy ) bean curd / bean-curd cake

床(とこ)の間     alcove

納豆          fermented soybeans 

なべもの        hot pot food [ dish ] cooked at the table / food served in a cooking 

                                   pot

にぎり寿司       hand-rolled [ hand-shaped ] rice ball ( sushi ) / a bite-size

                                   rectangular rice ball topped with a slice of fresh fish 

にしん(にしん)    herring

パン粉         bread crumbs

屏風          folding screen [partition] / room divider

干菓子         dry confectionery / dry Japanese sweets

胡坐(あぐら)     sitting cross-legged / sitting with one's legs crossed

縁日の夜店         night stalls erected on festival days / open-air stands set up on the

                                   night fairs

鬼ごっこ        tag / (英) tig

還暦            one's sixtieth birthday / the sixtieth anniversary of one's birth /

                                   (the) end of the traditional sexagenarian cycle

敬語           honorific (word) / honorific (expression)

子守唄           lullaby / nursery song / cradle song

地鎮祭         Shinto ceremony of purifying a building site / Shinto ground-

                                    breaking ceremony  

実印           registered personal seal / legal seal

十二支(干支、えと)       twelve signs of the Chinese Zodiac

成人の日           Coming-of-Age Day

凧揚げ          kite-flying / flying kites / flying a kite 

提灯(提灯)       (paper) lantern

仲人             go-between / matchmaker

年中行事         annual event / yearly function [affair]

屋台           food stall / street food stall / food stand

結納金          betrothal gift money / betrothal money

露天風呂         open-air bath

オープン戦 (プロ野球)      exhibition game [ match ]

相撲の番付        ranking list of sumo wrestlers / sumo ranking list [ chart ]

 

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