during imprisonment; while in jail
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
this chapter; this passage; this section
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
revising (and supplementing); expansion
multiplication table; times table
opinion; point of view; visual point
Iwanami Shoten, Publishers (publisher)
collected papers; collected works; collection of articles and essays
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
Okudaira Yasuhiro (1929-)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
(Japanese) imperial succession
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
pocket paperback size (approx. A6)
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
manuscript; version; draft
to collect; to assemble; to gather
creation; generation; formation; derivation
my book; my (humble) work; a little thing of mine
included (in a publication); carried; printed
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition