day 90alerts and floods
unit 14 · law, crime & societyalerts and floods
Ask for or offer at least a smaller version of something (～とは言わないまでも), and talk about floods, alerts, shelters and emergency services.
today’s words
- 緊急 きんきゅう · emergency, urgent
- 近郊 きんこう · suburbs, outskirts
- 犠牲 ぎせい · sacrifice; victim
- 警戒 けいかい · caution, alert, watch
- 行進 こうしん · march, parade
- 洪水 こうずい · flood
- 孤立 こりつ · isolation, being cut off
- 災害 さいがい · disaster
- 市街 しがい · the town, urban area
- 施設 しせつ · facility, institution
- 収容 しゅうよう · accommodation, taking in (people)
- 出動 しゅつどう · being called out (police, fire service)
- 地元 じもと · local area, one's home area
- 十字路 じゅうじろ · crossroads
- 徐行 じょこう · going slowly (traffic)
- 人目 ひとめ · public attention, other people's eyes
- 救い すくい · help, rescue; comfort
- 世帯 せたい · household
- 世論 よろん · public opinion
- 騒動 そうどう · commotion, uproar
- 遭難 そうなん · accident (at sea, in the mountains)
- 助け たすけ · help, assistance
- 建前 たてまえ · official stance, what one says in public
- 団結 だんけつ · unity, solidarity
- 秩序 ちつじょ · order, discipline
- 抽選 ちゅうせん · lottery, drawing lots
- 沈没 ちんぼつ · sinking (of a ship)
sentences
- 毎日とは言わないまでも、週に一度は運動したい。 · Not every day, perhaps, but I want to exercise at least once a week.
- 全員とは言わないまでも、半分は参加してほしい。 · Not everyone, maybe, but I'd like at least half of you to take part.
- 洪水で、市街の道路が通れなくなった。 · The flood made the roads in town impassable.
- 災害の時は、お年寄りが孤立しやすい。 · In a disaster, elderly people are easily cut off.
- 東京近郊では、人口が増え、家族の形態も変わった。 · Around Tokyo the population is growing, and the shape of families has changed too.