Itou Keiichi (1917.8.23-)
ancient Chinese chromatic scale (primarily used in Japan for gagaku, etc.)
Elvas (Portugal); Hervas (Spain)
it was very good of you to come; glad to see you
small seal script (arising during China's Warring States period)
National Revolutionary Army (Republic of China; 1925-1947)
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
to satisfy; to answer the purpose; to make convenient
posthumous name; posthumous title
Luo Binwang (poet) (ca. 640-684)
(arch.) first-born imperial prince; most important provincial shrine
speech of encouragement; pep talk
prewar Japanese adventurer (political activist) in mainland China
deliberation; consideration
dipping up (night soil); scooping up
committing suicide by slitting one's throat
rules concerning application of laws
butcher; slaughterhouse worker
visions of glory; evanescent glory
Chinese Civil War (1927-1937, 1946-1949)
Blue Sky with a White Sun; party flag and emblem of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)
household of which half of the taxes were given to a designated person (ritsuryo system); vassal household allotted to a courtier