human being; human; person; character (of a person)
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
Mainichi Newspapers Co. Ltd (Japanese newspaper company)
Hirano Masaaki (1931.1.15-)
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
material; materials; data; information; documents
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
limited company (company structure for small businesses; abolished in 2006); YK
Okayama Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
occurrence; happening; incident; event
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
research; study; investigation
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
chief; main; principal; important
(written) work; book; writings
roots; origin; one's roots; ancestry
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
famous product; widely known (local) specialty
home page; web page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (in snowboarding, skateboarding, etc.); hit point
library; book collection; paperback book
ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
17th day of the month; 17 days
printing; impression; issue
publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)
original text; source book; draft
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
publishing house; publishing office
research institute; (research) laboratory
lot number; house number; address; residence; address; memory address