end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
company; corporation; workplace
family or person with samurai ancestors
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
to keep a fine house; to put up a front; to make the front of the house nice (and be pretentious about it)
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
net weight; useful part; actual content; real; effective
suggestion box; comment box; (arch.) complaints box placed in front of the supreme court (Edo period)
regulations; rules; (local) regulation; ordinance; bylaw
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
hills and fields; countryside
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
Jakarta; Java; potato (Solanum tuberosum); striped fabric imported from Java (often cotton, sometimes mixed with silk)
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial
the lower classes; the common people
burglary; burglar; closet
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
mountain ascetic; practitioner of Shugendō