Calling the management company about renewing my apartment lease

Lunchtime trend

で／のを

M5.5 quake in northeastern Chiba at 0:07 on Oct 29 (max shindo 5-lower in Yokoshibahikari, shindo 2 in central Tokyo, no tsunami; JMA says watch for similar quakes for about a week) plus the new Disaster Management Agency (防災庁), launching Nov 2, set to issue an "emergency request" asking people to stock water, food and portable toilets for at least 3 days, ideally a week

やさしい日本語

  1. 10のごろ、でがありました。

  2. ので、のでも2の揺ゆれがありました。のはありません。

  3. 11に、の「」ができます。

  4. 細野ほそのは、や、を、できればするよう、にです。

In English

At about 0:07 on Oct 29, a quake struck northeastern Chiba (JMA provisional M5.5, depth 52 km, updated from the preliminary M5.4). Yokoshibahikari in Chiba recorded shindo 5-lower, the strongest; shaking of shindo 4 to 1 was felt from Tohoku to the Izu Islands, including shindo 2 at Otemachi in central Tokyo. There's no tsunami risk. JMA says that in the hardest-hit areas people should watch for quakes of up to about shindo 5-lower for roughly a week, especially the next 2–3 days. Separately, Japan's new Disaster Management Agency (防災庁) launches Nov 2. On its first day, Minister Goshi Hosono plans an "emergency request" (緊急要請) asking the public to stock water, food and portable toilets for at least 3 days and ideally a week, and asking prefectures and ministries to strengthen their preparations (Nikkei, ANN, FNN, Oct 26–28). **Life tip:** Common guidelines are about 3 L of drinking and cooking water per person per day (21 L a week; 84 L for a family of four) and about 5 portable-toilet uses per adult per day (35 a week). In a 2025 Cabinet Office survey, 59.8% of respondents had 3+ days of food, but only 27.2% had portable or simple toilets (Yahoo! News expert article). Count what you have first, then top up the gaps (diapers and kids' food too).

Phrases to steal

  • 震度5弱

    seismic intensity 5-lower (Japan's shindo scale)

    でをしました。

  • 津波の心配はありません

    there is no tsunami risk (standard quake-news line)

    このによるのはありません。

  • 備蓄する

    to stockpile / keep emergency supplies

    をしています。

Grammar

  • 〜よう（に）呼びかける

    urge / call on people to ~（1週間分（いっしゅうかんぶん）備蓄（びちく）するよう呼（よ）びかけます）

YOUR TURN

At the morning stand-up a coworker asks, "のの、でしたか？" Say you're fine, it was around shindo 2 where you live and your kids stayed asleep, you heard the government will call for a one-week stockpile, and you'll buy water and portable toilets this weekend. Use , 〜です, , and 〜ておく.

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Calling the management company about my lease renewal + the Chiba quake and the new agency's call to stock a week of supplies

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