December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
Izawa Motohiko (1954.12-)
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
historical materials; historical records; historical sources; archives
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
special issue (of a magazine, etc.); issuing an extra number
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
one grade; first-class; primary
traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
high rice field; very fertile rice field
diamond (mineral, gemstone); diamond; infield; diamond (card suit)
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern