to ask for (e.g. a fee); to charge (a price); to accept (e.g. orders); to receive
munitions; military stores
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter; livelihood
informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers)
senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest); grasshopper; locust
resultant force; assistance; help; donation; alms
influence; power; (arch.) flapping of wings
it's not like; it isn't as if
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
fourth month of the lunar calendar
slave traffic; slave dealer
Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
traveler; traveller; stranger
India; cotton sheeting; foreign; imported; ultra-spicy; extra hot
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
glorious achievement; distinguished service
going on a pleasure jaunt
sweet-smelling; scentful; fragrant
remote mountain; mountain recesses
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
censor; overseer; inspector (Edo period)
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
negotiations; bargaining; talks; making demands