| vocab | reading | meaning | comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 余震 | よしん | Aftershock | You probably already know 地震, or earthquake, right? but you might not know this one. We had several hundred small ones, and several dozen big aftershocks. |
| 買いだめ | かいだめ | stockpiling | As in, 'STOP THE 買いだめ' = don't make a run on the shops. |
| 震災 | しんさい | earthquake disaster | In japanese, there is not just one word for 'disaster' - you write the type of disaster in the first kanji, then add 災as a suffix: 火災,戦災etc. |
| 放射能 | ほうしゃのう | radiation. | |
| 行方不明 | ゆくえふめい | whereabouts unknown | |
| 安否確認 | あんぴかくにん | checking on a person's safety | This can mean you contact the person you're worried about, or they contact you. |
| 停電 | ていでん | blackout | Also good to know: 計画停電【けいかくていでん】 (n) planned power outage 輪番停電【りんばんていでん】 (n) rolling blackout |
| 献血 | けんけつ | blood donation | also:血液型(けつえきがた)means blood type. |
| 募金 | ぼきん | (money) donation | as in, 赤十字に募金しましょう:let's donate to the Red Cross! |
Sorry to start the blog on depressing vocabulary, but it's more depressing feeling helpless and in the dark in these situations. Learn what you can, do what you can!
頑張れ日本!