young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
insight; power of observation
our country; our land; one's own country
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
the same book; the said book; ibid.
Sarutahiko (Shinto god); Sarudahiko; Sarutabiko; Sarudabiko
800,000; eight hundred thousand
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
cowrie (esp. the chocolate cowrie, Mauritia mauritiana); cowry
terrible luck; very bad luck
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
criticism; commentary; review
public safety; public welfare
Yasuda Auditorium (at Tokyo University, site of violent student protest in 1969)
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
business district; office complex
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock