seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
complexity; frequency; trouble; traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
frequent; densely packed; thick
gradually; slowly; little by little; incrementally
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
T-shaped wooden bell hammer
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
store's appearance (esp. shop front, signs, etc.)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
illustration (e.g. book); picture
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence
center; centre; metropolis
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
since then; from that time; ever since
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon