Nakamura Kusatao (1901.7.24-1983.8.5)
The Tragic History of Female Factory Workers (reportage by Wakizo Hosoi, 1925); The Pathetic Life of Mill Girls
Komura Jutarou (1855-1911)
arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)
epitaph; inscription on a tomb
standard; common standard; standard rule; standard way of doing; established usage
(arch.) to sink; (arch.) to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
power of the state; national sovereignty; sovereign rights
persons who have fallen in battle
anarchy; state of anarchy
ambassador plenipotentiary
dying of illness; dying of natural causes
unprecedented; unparalleled; unparallelled
ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a family
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
Japan and Russia; Russo-Japanese
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid
one's native country; land of one's birth
gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)
returning from abroad; coming back to one's country (Japan)
one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
villager; village folk; countryfolk
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
movie projector; film projector; cine projector
news; word; tidings; omen