Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
culture; arts and sciences
postgraduate course; graduate course
major subject; special study
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
professor; teaching; instruction
postmodern; postmodernism
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
series (of publications); library (set of books)
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
district; section; sector
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
new book; 17x11 cm paperback book
home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)