Kitahara Hakushuu (1885-1942)
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
Hagiwara Sakutarou (1886-1942)
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
Senke school of tea ceremony
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
March; third month of the lunar calendar
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
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
heresy; dangerous religion; (arch.) Christianity
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
self-publishing; publishing at one's own expense
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
at that time; in those days
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)