revision; revised edition
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
in the meanwhile; during the time
Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
(paper) stencil; stereotype; papier-mâché mold (mould)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
new publication; new book; new edition; reissue; republication
at that time; in those days
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
correction; revision; amendment
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation