birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
inspection; examination; survey
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
The Asahai Shimbun Company
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
Chūōkōron (monthly literary magazine)
public opinion; unbiased criticism; unbiassed criticism
suspension of publication
kabuki troupe; kabuki theater (theatre); Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo)
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
falcon (esp. the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus)
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
100,000,000; one hundred million
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
eagle (Accipitridae family)
Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)
kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen
buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase
Western brute (esp. American and British); Western savage
seven-day workweek; working every day of the week; (lit.) Mon-Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri-Fri
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful