publisher; publishing house; publishing company
original idea; originality
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
one's person; around one's person
Imperial General Headquarters (Japan)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
sixth day of the month; six days
cooperation; collaboration
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
government; administration
peace talks; peace negotiations
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
mainland decisive battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
book containing a collection of poems; Psalms (book of the Bible)
demobilization; demobilisation; repatriation
Toita Yasuji (1915.12.14-1993.1.23)
recital; recitation; public reading
introduction; outline; general remarks
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
joint authorship; co-authorship; collaboration; joint work