aw ai ▁argued ▁that ▁both ▁the ▁choice ▁of ▁this ▁term ▁and ▁the ▁meaning ▁given ▁to ▁it ▁by ▁Al lied ▁authorities ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁fatal ▁' t rag edy ▁of ▁errors ' ▁involving ▁both ▁Japanese ▁b ureau cr atic ▁b ung ling ▁and ▁a ▁' def ic iency ▁in ▁per ception ' ▁by ▁Japan ' s ▁enemies . ▁K aw ai ' s ▁point ▁was ▁then ▁taken ▁up ▁by ▁William ▁J . ▁C ough lin ▁in ▁a ▁widely ▁read ▁article ▁for ▁Har per ' s ▁magazine ▁three ▁years ▁later . ▁ ▁In ▁some ▁reconst ru ctions ▁that ▁esp ouse ▁this ▁interpretation , ▁it ▁is ▁stated ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁probably ▁Has eg awa ▁Sa iji , ▁a ▁transl ator ▁for ▁D ō me i ▁Press , ▁who ▁translated ▁this ▁as : ▁" The ▁Japanese ▁ign ores ▁this , ▁and ▁we ▁are ▁determined ▁to ▁continue ▁our ▁fight ▁until ▁the ▁end " ▁and ▁the ▁foreign ▁press ▁picked ▁this ▁up , ▁taking ▁" ignore " ▁to ▁mean ▁" re ject ". ▁ ▁The ▁NS A ▁Techn ical ▁Journal ▁published ▁an ▁article ▁end ors ing ▁this ▁view ▁that ▁the ▁word ' s ▁meaning ▁was ▁ambigu ous ▁ ▁in ▁which ▁readers ▁are ▁war ned ▁of ▁the ▁consequences ▁of ▁not ▁making ▁ambigu ities ▁clear ▁when ▁transl ating ▁between ▁languages . ▁It ▁concluded : ▁ ▁To ▁this ▁day , ▁the ▁argument ▁that ▁m ok us ats u ▁was ▁misunder stood , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁misunder standing ▁interrupted ▁a ▁neg ot iation ▁for ▁a ▁peace ful ▁end ▁to ▁the ▁war ▁still ▁res ur