Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
engraver; carver; sculptor
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
lately; recently; nowadays
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
article for everyday use; domestic article
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
back country; remote countryside
place where one works; construction site; working area
single word; a few words; brief comment
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
leisure; leisure time; spare time
earthenware; pottery; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
in a few days; at an early date
perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
major subject; special study
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to concern; to be related
after all; in the end; excellent; superb; robust; brawny
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
though; notwithstanding; although