hill; height; knoll; rising ground
drawing room; study; writing alcove; publishing house
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
criticism; critique; review; comment; critical essay
race (of people); type of person
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryō system)
Japanese history; history of Japan
many objects (for study); encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
discuss thoroughly; deal exhaustively with
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
Japan Broadcasting Corporation; Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai; NHK
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
(arch.) small cedar; thin Japanese paper (used as tissue during the Edo period)
population structure; demographic structure; age-sex structure
private house; one's own house
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
Itani Jun'ichirō (1926.5.9-2001.8.19)
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten duodecillion; original; positive
(study of) nursing; nursing science
laws and regulations; legislation
Chizuka Tadami (1932.10.17-)
translation; version (e.g. "English version")