Kon Wajirou (1888.7.10-1973.10.27)
two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
Tokyo School of Fine Arts
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
Tokyo University of the Arts (formerly Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music)
to teach; to take a teaching job
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
first (of its kind) in Japan
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
consumer; ordinary citizen; stakeholder; person who lives on (e.g. situation, income, place)
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
being a victim of (some disaster); suffering from
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
on hand; readily available
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
witnessing; observing; sighting
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
view; opinion; finding; findings
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
moat; fosse; trench; underground air-raid shelter; dugout
condition; figure; appearance; voice
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability