Samukawa Koutarou (1908.1.1-1977.1.25)
Japan Travel Bureau Foundation (JTB)
Yanagihara Ryouhei (1931.8-)
Cabo Verde Islands; Cape Verde Islands
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
Gakugei Shorin (publisher)
commemorative publication
Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
town organization; town organisation; town administration
Arakawa Hidetoshi (1907.8.4-1984.12.23)
style of polite speech in Japanese (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu")
agglomerate (e.g. of cells, molecules, etc.); aggregation; mass; cluster
rope ladder; jack ladder; ratline
not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; (lit.) falling seven times, getting up eight times; the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life
otherworldly; sanctimonious
Matsudaira Yasuhide (?-1808)
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)