Navigation Acts (regulations of colonial trade in 17th century England)
yosakoi; dance originating in Kōchi Prefecture using naruko
(monetary) present to a person in distress; condolence money; gift of money in token of one's sympathy; solatium
waxing and waning; phases of moon
tank tread; continuous track; caterpillar track; endless track; crawler track
magistrate of Nagasaki (Edo period)
participation in government
imperial virtue; heavenly virtue; greatest virtue; highest virtue
lighter; (small) cargo vessel
archer's left-wrist protector
loan; debit and credit; lending and borrowing
pylorus; opening of stomach into duodenum
riding together; fellow passenger; joint partnership
large feudal domain; large fiefdom; powerful clan
chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)
restoration of imperial rule
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
Ardisia crenata; coralberry
becoming a lordless samurai
Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)
to be all out; to exhaust
steamship; steamboat; steamer
various fiefdoms; various domains
running aground; being stranded; grounding; beaching