plate; illustration; figure
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
web site; website; web page; webpage; home page; homepage
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
graph paper; section paper
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
to face; to go towards; to head towards
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
(written) work; book; writings
to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord
retainer's stipend; official pay; salary
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)
the "wa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (wa, wi, we, wo)
the "ra" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ra, ri, ru, re, ro)
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
the "na" column of the Japanese syllabary table (na, ni, nu, ne, no)
the "ta" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ta, chi, tsu, te, to)
the "sa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (sa, shi, su, se, so)
the "ka" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ka, ki, ku, ke, ko)
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)
association; society; organization; organisation
SoftBank (Japanese telecommunications company)
farmland given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
letterpress; relief printing
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
American Standard Code for Information Interchange; ASCII
supervising a translation
Ishida Haruhisa (1936.10-)