to put away one's bedding; to recover from an illness (and put away one's sickbed)
going east; heading eastward
rental fee; rent; hire charge
annotation; commentary; explanatory note
counting the revenues and expenditures; counting the gains and losses
constable; method of catching criminals
hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
raising an army; launching business
sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)
overthrow of the shogunate
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
neighboring village; neighbouring village
operating (e.g. ships, aircraft)
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
party-internal; within the party
cost of one's food; one's board
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
discussion; deliberation; consideration; investigation (into a suspect); inquiry; enquiry
don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control
to be profitable; to yield a profit
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)