Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
flowers and incense (given as a Buddhist offering)
Toyama (city, prefecture)
prefectural meeting hall; civic center; community hall
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
city meeting hall; civic hall; community center
Okayama (city, prefecture)
Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
spring snow (usu. large snowflakes)
Hyogo prefecture (Kinki area) (Hyougo)
Niigata (city, prefecture)
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
infancy; childhood; tender age
traditional Japanese dance
kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen
long-lived program (on TV, radio, etc.); long runner
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
action of making something; -ification
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
scriptwriter; playwright; scenario writer
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
special program; special programme
too many to count; too numerous to mention
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
large number (of); many; majority
Kikuta Kazuo (1908.3.1-1973.4.4)
special award; special prize