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Kiichirō

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loquacious man

2

the direction of the wind; circumstances

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backside

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merchant house employee; tradesman

1

watchman (implies low rank or burakumin status)

1

Umekichi

2

clog shop; geta shop

1

pilfering; snatching; swiping; pilferer; (petty) thief; (bag) snatcher

1

brat

1

Denji

5

baseball-playing teenager; high-school baseball player

1

signboard with gold or gilt lettering; slogan; noble cause

1

Bank of Japan; BOJ; BoJ

1

rowdiness; rowdy (person or event)

2

Edo-period gold mint

14

face to face; between two persons

1

(head priest of) temple formerly led by founder of sect; temple in which resided a member of nobility or imperial family; (head priest of) Honganji (temple in Kyoto)

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to tie fast; to arrest

2

outer moat (of a castle)

1

weather (meteorology) information

1

dagger; dirk

2

money

3

damn kids

1

forgive me

1

vegetables; (edible) greens; blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)

1

to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass

1

mulberry field

2

non-leap year; normal year (esp. as pertains to weather patterns, vegetative growth, harvest yields, etc.)

1

to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

1

to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin

1

(a) day or two

1

little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

1

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something)

1

probationer

1

being already (well) aware

1

cooked rice; meal

1

ominous; ill-omened; inauspicious; unlucky; sinister

1

piece of cake; a walk in the park

1

don't worry; there's no need to worry

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

5

drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation

1

to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge

1

rice bowl; tea cup; teacup

1

(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees; (sound of) steam whistling in a kettle (at a tea ceremony); matsukaze; sugar-glazed cookie sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds

1

ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides

1

fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown

1

several houses

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to go first; to take the lead; to lead the way

1

to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself

1