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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 8371441, member: 16729&quot;]Here we go (Chinese Characters, with English underneath).</p><p>The &quot;Showa&quot; reference is the Japanese dating system using Emperor Hirohito&#039;s regnal date.&nbsp; Japanese refer to Hirohito as &quot;Showa Tenno.&quot;&nbsp; Nobody in Japan calls him &quot;Hirohito.&quot;&nbsp; Only non-Japanese, I guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>上陸</p><p>Landing</p><p><br /></p><p>昭和十五年 十二月廿四日</p><p>Showa 15 (1940), 24th December</p><p><br /></p><p>大成三郎</p><p>Taisei Saburo (a person&#039;s name)</p><p><br /></p><p>This has some uses of characters that I wasn&#039;t aware of:</p><p>拾=十=10，廿=二十=20</p><p>I know 十=10, but I didn&#039;t know that 拾=10.&nbsp; Same for 二十=20.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t know that could be rendered as 廿.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Thanks to a friend in Taipei for this translation![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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