Type 94-5 Translation

Translated by Tom Grandgent on 2/19/2010

Notes:

  1. Some characters (shown in red when possible) are obsolete and were simplified/changed after WWII.
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Top-left selector:

周波数帯轉換器 =
周波数帯転換器 = frequency band converter

 周波数 [しゅうはすう] (n) frequency (of waves), (P)
帯 [たい] (n-suf) band (e.g. conduction, valence), belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.), (P)
転換 [てんかん] (n,vs,adj-no) convert, divert, (P)
器 [き] (suf) (1) device, instrument, (2) vessel, container
Bottom-left dial:

同調 = tuning
蓄電器 = condenser

 同調 [どうちょう] (n,vs) sympathy, agreement with, alignment, conformity, tuning, (P)
蓄電器 [ちくでんき] (n) (electric) condensor
Bottom-right dial:

補整 = adjust
蓄電器 = condenser

 補整 [ほせい] (n,vs) adjust (by supplementing)
蓄電器 [ちくでんき] (n) (electric) condensor

Top dial:

ヘテロダイン = heterodyne
調整器 = adjuster

 ヘテロダイン (n) heterodyne
調整 [ちょうせい] (n,vs) regulation, adjustment, tuning, modification, alteration, (P)
器 [き] (suf) (1) device, instrument, (2) vessel, container
Bottom dial:

心線 = line
抵抗器 = resistor

 心線 - the conducting wire inside an electric line, cord, cable, etc.
抵抗器 [ていこうき] (n) electrical resistor

受信機 = receiver

 受信機 [じゅしんき] (n) (television, radio, etc.) receiver, (P)

九四式五号 = Type 94-5
無線機 = wireless, radio, (possibly transceiver)

第, 号 = serial number

三二号型 = No. 32
受信機 = receiver

昭和19年8月製 = mfg. August 1944

大阪 = Osaka
松下無線 = Matsushita Wireless
株式会社 = (public company)

 無線機 [むせんき] (n) wireless, radio, transceiver
第 [だい] (n,pref) ordinal
号 [ごう] (n,n-suf) (1) number, edition, make, model, issue, part of that group, (P)
型 [かた] (n) (1) model, type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.), (2) type, style, pattern, (P)

昭和 [しょうわ] (n) Showa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7), (P) (date converter)
製 [せい] (n,n-suf) -made, make, (P)

大阪 [おおさか] (n) Osaka
松下 [まつした] Matsushita (p,s)
無線 [むせん] (n,adj-no) wireless, radio, (P)
株式会社 [かぶしきがいしゃ] (n) public company, corporation, KK, 
formula for an incorporated public company, (P)

受信機 = receiver
第, 号 = serial number

 受信機 [じゅしんき] (n) (television, radio, etc.) receiver, (P)
第 [だい] (n,pref) ordinal
号 [ごう] (n,n-suf) (1) number, edition, make, model, issue, part of that group, (P)

Note: This text is written right-to-left, which is very unusual for horizontally written Japanese.

軍事秘密 = military secret

甫 = possibly the end of 
someone's name?

 軍事 [ぐんじ] (n,adj-no) military affairs, (P)
秘密 [ひみつ] (adj-na,n,adj-no) secret, secrecy, (P)
軍事秘密 [ぐんじひみつ] (n) military secret

The character resembling is an obsolete form of 密
秘 is also written in an obsolete form (second character in the image)

空 = empty? void?

低一 = low one? short one?

地 = earth

受話 = (phone) receiver
(lit. "receive talk")

送話 = mouthpiece
(lit. "send talk")

 空 [から] (n,adj-no) emptiness, vacuum, blank, (P)
空 [そら] (n) sky, the heavens, (P)

低い [ひくい] (adj-i) low (height, tone, rank, degree, cost, etc.), short, (P)
一 [いち] (num,pref) (1) one, (suf) (2) best in, the most (...) in (where an adjective follows), (P)

地 [ち] (n,n-suf) (1) earth, ground, land, soil, (2) place, (3) territory, 
(4) bottom (of a package, book, etc.), (5) earth (one of the five elements), (P)

受話器 [じゅわき] (n) (telephone) receiver, (P)

送話器 [そうわき] (n) (telephone) transmitter, mouthpiece
送受話器 = handset
(lit. send receive 
talk device)

受話器 [じゅわき] (n) (telephone) receiver, (P)
送話器 [そうわき] (n) (telephone) transmitter, mouthpiece
送受 [そうじゅ] (n,vs) sending and receiving
送受話器 handset (my translation)

心線電壓 = 
心線電圧 = line voltage

 心線 - the conducting wire inside an electric line, cord, cable, etc.
電圧 [でんあつ] (n) voltage, (P)