Translation Requests

[VJK]

Many thanks for putting me straight!

Very best regards,

VJK

[paulg]

Thank You so much Hisashi for your insight and translation of the senninbari for me. I truly appreciate it!

Paul G-

[hisashi]

Hello everyone,
Here is a lightly signed Japanese flag that I have had for a while. This flag came with no known history, and I am trying to see if this flag can "tell us anything". I see it has "Buun ChouKyuu" , or everlasting military fortune at the top. Any help with translating would be appreciated greatly! Thank you

PG-

勇奮 yufun - bravely in high-moral
報国 paying back to the nation (all he received)
至誠 sincerity
必勝 win certainly

I cannot read one character besides 至誠.

Some personal names can be read. No clue on situation and receiver.

[cloudy-joe]

I cannot read one character besides 至誠

唯 - I guess.

勇奮報国唯至誠

[OpanaPointer]

Could someone please give me the Romanji (I think that's the correct term?) for "The Final Communication to the United States"? I've been using "the 14-part message" for forty years and it's time to get it right.

[hisashi]

帝国政府の対米通牒覚書
Teikoku Seifu no Taibei Tsucho Oboegaki
Original document text is here.
http://royallibrary.sakura.ne.jp/ww2/te ... kusho.html

[OpanaPointer]

帝国政府の対米通牒覚書
Teikoku Seifu no Taibei Tsucho Oboegaki
Original document text is here.
http://royallibrary.sakura.ne.jp/ww2/te ... kusho.html

Thank you! I'll add that to the document at http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/extra.html

[paulg]

Hisashi and cloudy joe, Thank you for your help with my flag. I appreciate the help this forum has offered me. AHF is truly a benefit for collectors. Thank you again!
Paul G-

[shidan]

I was hoping someone could help me with clarification of these three groups of kanji, specifically in regards to IJA manual use:

教範
操典
勤務令

Does one kanji phrase within the title of a manual mean: "Rule" book as opposed to another kanji phrase that might mean:
"instructional" book? Any help with the above greatly appreciated, thanks!

Tom

[cloudy-joe]

Hi, Tom
I think:
教範 – handbook (or manual)
操典 - field manual (or training regulations)
勤務令 – (military) service regulations

[shidan]

Thanks Cloudy-Joe, much appreciated!


Tom

[hisashi]

For example,
歩兵操典 infantry drill manual
砲兵操典 artillery drill manual
野戦築城教範 field fortification manual
兵器整備工術教範 weapon repair technical manual
It is difficult to distinguish the two by one or a few word. But 操典 was usually general, conceptual manual and 教範 was specific, practical manual.
勤務令 is basically a law (dialect) specifying organizations, missions, authorized actions etc. for a HQ or troop type.

[shidan]

I appreciate the added info. Hisashi, thanks!

Tom

[VJK]

Hi,

I have another name that appears in several versions: Takaichi Kanno, Hisaichi Sugano... 菅野 尚一 which is correct please?

Many thanks in advance,

VJK

[hisashi]

http://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%8F%85%E9%87 ... A%E4%B8%80
kotobank's who's who is an abbreviated version of printed Japanese who's who (日本人名大辞典) from Kodansha and more reliable than most anonymous sources. This site refers to him as Hisaichi Sugano.