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Shuusou

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woodblock printer; person who prints using woodblocks (as opposed to the carver who carves them)

2

cask wrapped in straw matting; beggar

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Ichioka

3

Kiichirō

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even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be

1

Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)

2

to extort; to shake down (for money)

1

Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)

1

to show; to display; to dangle (an offer) in front of; to hold out; to send flurries (of snow, etc.)

1

slips of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims

6

chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour; watchdog; chaperone; watcher

1

announcement flier (e.g. sale at a shop); raffle ticket; lottery ticket; hikifuda (type of playing cards numbered 1-6, used by the bank in tehonbiki); kurifuda

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Yogorou

2

Kitamura

1

Denji

1

hour bell

1

calligrapher; individual with good penmanship

3

safety (well-being) of one's family; peace and prosperity in the household

1

superficial; half-hearted; shallow

1

Edo-period gold mint

3

governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines

3

unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age

1

family crest

1

minor business

1

peace; tranquility; tranquillity

2

missus; missis

1

riverside fish market

2

I'm sorry to have kept you waiting

1

mulberry field

2

at that very moment; at precisely that time; just when

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to arrest; to apprehend

1

to waver in one's resolution

1

husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)

4

contrary to one's wishes; gone awry; gone amiss; short of money; in financial difficulty

1

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

1

probationer

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(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)

1

knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending

1

seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition

1

cooked rice; meal

2

threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

1

pushing something out; extrusion; presence; appearance; run walked in; pushing one's opponent out by pressing one's hands up against them

1

let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you

1

immediate follower (of the shogun)

2

down to earth; reasonable

1

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

1

money-making; earning money

1

Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone

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lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods

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