fancy box; decorated box; vanity case; cosmetics case
moving tale; impressive tale
honouring (publicly); honoring; making someone's good deeds or achievements well-known
Manchuria; Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters
(Self Defense Force's Air Force) general (defence); lieutenant; major
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
Tokuma Shoten (publisher)
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
library; book collection; paperback book
Bungeishunju (publishing company); Bungei Shunjū (magazine)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
The Asahi Shimbun Company
Bunshun Bunko (paperback label)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance