My heart goes out to the many who lost their family, friends or homes in Japan this week. This straightforward Chinese article reviews the Japanese death tolls in the recent earthquake.
中新网3月20日电 据“中央社”报道，日本3月11日强震和海啸灾难，今天迈入第10天，警察厅指出，截至19日深夜11时为止，确认死亡人数达7653人，下落不明者增至1万1746人，死亡和失踪人数合计1万9399人。
警察厅指出，罹难者遍布12都县，其中宫城县4449人、岩手县2501人、福岛县647人，此3县沿海地区遭海啸侵袭，灾情最惨重。警方接获的行踪不明者通报，岩手县有4253人、福岛县4503人、宫城县2895人，另外3县也有人失踪。
此外，仍栖身避难所的灾民总数约36万3000人。其中宫城县约有15万5000人、福岛县约13万2000人、岩手县约4万9000人。很多人因避难生活长期化而健康恶化，灾民依然处于严峻状况下。
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中新网 | Zhōng xīn wǎng | ChinaNews (China News Service) |
| 月 | yuè | moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2] |
| 日 | rì | (bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with |
| 电 | diàn | lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc |
| 据 | jǔ | according to; based on; evidence |
| 中 | Zhōng | (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong |
| 央 | yāng | center; end; to beg; to plead |
| 社 | shè | (bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land |
| 报 | bào | to report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for; to register for (abbr. for 報名|报名[bao4 ming2]); to reward; to recompense; to take revenge; to retaliate; new… |
| 道 | dào | road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quot… |
| 日本 | Rì běn | Japan |
| 强 | qiāng | strong; powerful; vigorous; better; to force (qiang3); stubborn (jiang4); surname Qiang |
| 震 | zhèn | to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder; ☳ |
| 和 | hé | old variant of 和[he2]; surname He; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]) |
| 海 | Hǎi | surname Hai |
| 啸 | xiǎo | (of people) to whistle |
| 灾难 | zāi nàn | disaster; catastrophe |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 迈 | mǎi | to step; to stride; (loanword) mile (esp. in expressions of vehicle speed) |
| 入 | rù | to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {cl… |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high… |
| 天 | tiān | day; sky; heaven |
| 警 | jíng | to alert; police |
| 察 | Chá | short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔[Cha2 ha1 er3]; variant of 察[cha2] |
| 厅 | tīng | (reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department |
| 指出 | zhǐ chū | to indicate; to point out |
| 截 | jiē | to cut off (a length); to intercept; chunk |
| 至 | zhì | to arrive; most; to; until |
| 深 | shēn | old variant of 深[shen1]; (lit. and fig.) deep |
| 夜 | yè | variant of 夜[ye4]; night |
| 时 | shí | old variant of 時|时[shi2]; surname Shi |
| 为止 | wéi zhǐ | until; (used in combination with words like 到[dao4] or 至[zhi4] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止) |
| 确认 | què rèn | to confirm; to verify; confirmation |
| 死亡 | sǐ wáng | to die; death |
| 人数 | rén shù | number of people |
| 达 | Dá | surname Da |
| 人 | rén | person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] |
| 下落 | xià luò | whereabouts; to drop; to fall |
| 不明 | bù míng | not clear; unknown; to fail to understand |
| 者 | zhě | (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously);… |
| 增 | zēng | (bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to |
| 万 | mò | used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]; surname Wan |
| 失 | shī | to lose; to miss; to fail |
| 踪 | zōng | variant of 蹤|踪[zong1]; (bound form) footprint; trace; tracks |
| 合 | gě | 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗; variant of 合[he2] |
| 计 | Jì | surname Ji |
| 罹 | ||
| 难 | nán | difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good |
| 遍 | biàn | variant of 遍[bian4]; everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time |
| 布 | bù | variant of 布[bu4]; to announce; to spread; cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known |
| 都 | Dū | surname Du |
| 县 | xiǎn | county |
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among; in; included among these |
| 宫城 | Gōng chéng | Miyagi (prefecture in Japan) |
| 岩手 | Yán shǒu | Iwate (prefecture in Japan) |
| 福岛 | Fú dǎo | Fukushima (Japanese surname and place name) |
| 此 | cǐ | this; these |
| 沿海 | yán hǎi | coastal |
| 地区 | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 遭 | zāo | to suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident |
| 侵 | qin | to invade; to infringe |
| 袭 | xī | (bound form) to raid; to attack; (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding |
| 灾情 | zāi qíng | disastrous situation; calamity |
| 最 | zuì | variant of 最[zui4]; old variant of 最[zui4]; (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world") |
| 惨 | cán | miserable; cruel; disastrous; dim |
| 重 | chóng | to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer |
| 方 | Fāng | surname Fang |
| 接 | jiē | to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb |
| 获 | huǒ | (literary) to catch; to capture |
| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to… |
| 行踪 | xíng zōng | whereabouts; (lose) track (of) |
| 通 | tōng | to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional) |
| 另 | lìng | other; another; separate; separately |
| 外 | wài | outside; in addition; foreign; external |
| 也 | Yě | surname Ye |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) |
| 此外 | cǐ wài | besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore |
| 仍 | rēng | still; yet; (literary) frequently; often |
| 栖 | ||
| 身 | shēn | body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158 |
| 避 | bǐ | to avoid; to flee; to keep away from; to hide from |
| 所 | suǒ | actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 灾民 | zāi mín | victim (of a disaster) |
| 总 | zǒng | (bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3… |
| 数 | shǔ | to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list |
| 约 | yāo | to weigh in a balance or on a scale |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly- |
| 因 | yīn | old variant of 因[yin1]; cause; reason; because |
| 生 | shēng | to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) stu… |
| 活 | huó | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship |
| 长期 | cháng qī | long-term; for a protracted period |
| 化 | huā | variant of 花[hua1] |
| 而 | ér | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) |
| 健 | jiàn | healthy; to invigorate; to strengthen; to be good at; to be strong in |
| 康 | Kāng | surname Kang |
| 恶 | ě | used in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1] |
| 依 | yi | to depend on; according to |
| 然 | rán | correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly |
| 处于 | chǔ yú | to be in (some state, position, or condition) |
| 严 | yān | strict; severe; tight; rigorous; father (formal); surname Yan |
| 峻 | jùn | (of mountains) high; harsh or severe |
| 状况 | zhuàng kuàng | condition; state; situation |
| 下 | xià | down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency … |
China News Service, March 20 via [Taiwan] Central News Agency Report: The March 11 Japan mega-quake disaster is entering its 10th day and according to Japan’s National Police Agency has confirmed that, as of [March] 19th at 11:00p.m., the death toll has reached 7653 people, and the number of persons unaccounted for has increased to 11,746 people, with the missing and dead totaling 19,399 people.
The National Police Agency reports that the fatalities are spread over 12 districts, included among these are Miyagi with 4449 people, Iwate with 2501 people, and Fukushima with 647 people – these three districts are coastal areas where the tsunami was most disastrous. The police recieved reports of 4253 missing persons in Iwate, 4503 in Fukushima, and 2895 in Miyagi. Three other districts additionally have [reported] missing persons.
In addition, there are still 363,000 victims living in refugee shelters. That number includes 155,000 people in Miyagi, 132,000 people in Fukushima, and 49,000 from Iwate. Due to long-term stays in the shelters, the health of many refugees is worsening, leaving many in a grim situation.