honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
information; news; report; reward; retribution
bow (and arrow); unit of distance to an archery target (approx. six feet); unit of distance for land surveying (approx. eight feet)
Bungeishunju (publishing company and magazine)
new translation; post-Xuanzang Chinese translation (i.e. mid 7th century onward)
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
material (data) for one's research; research material
portrait; likeness; picture
Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
illustrated book; picture book
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
new book; 17x11 cm paperback book
Dekune Tatsurou (1944.3-)
author; writer; novelist; artist
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story