development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
rustic; country bumpkin; ruffian; unrefined person; non-politician; non-government person
recent past; recent times; early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)
maritime transport; shipping
reform; reformation; reorganization
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
(large) building; public building; hall
Japanese history; history of Japan
Iwanami Shoten, Publishers (publisher)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
(American) Indian; Native American; Indian
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
momoyama; traditional japanese baked sweet, made by mixing white bean paste with sugar, egg yolk, and a small amount of flour
Yamazaki Masakazu (1934.3-)
The Asahi Shimbun Company
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
Samukawa Kōtarō (1908.1.1-1977.1.25)
gathering of talented people; group of geniuses
fudoki; description of regional climate, culture, etc.
straw mat used as a bag for carrying earth
ceremony; celebration; law code; Sweden
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)
diplomatic message sent by a head of state; sovereign letter; book written in Japanese (as opposed to Chinese, etc.); Japanese book; national literature (of Japan)