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protective collar on kimono or bed clothes

3

laws regulating expenditures; sumptuary edicts; thrift ordinance

1

store selling boiled vegetables, fish, and beans

1

senior town administrator (Edo period)

3

to express one's deepest sympathies

2

Iyo

12

Souemon

5

(Edo-period) roadside teahouse where one would go to relax (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services); tea stall

6

kitchen maid; kitchen duties; cooking

1

postponement; adjournment

2

one's second wife

2

love for one another

1

life circumstances; lifestyle; (family) finances

1

cerebral stroke; apoplexy

3

overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless

1

neat; trim; tidy; pretty

2

master; teacher

1

Kansei era (1789.1.25-1801.2.5)

1

the other day; some time ago; recently

1

to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)

1

to begin

2

to hang oneself; to strangle oneself

1

one's husband; one's wife

2

next day; following day

1

little while; short time; (arch.) an hour; half-hour; half an hour

1

to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic

1

double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)

5

needlework; sewing

1

cancellation; suspension

1

village headman (esp. in the Kanto region)

3

no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all

1

early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar

1

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

1

in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious

1

to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of

1

to visit frequently

1

at any time; at any moment; when; at what moment

1

firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)

1

careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors

6

my sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences

1

mess; jumble; muddle; chaos

1

to make use of; to lend money

1

need; want; necessity; costs; expenses

1

obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)

1

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

1

evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

1

to talk nonsense

1

festivities; celebration; wedding; marriage ceremony

4

bhava (becoming, existence)

1

making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)

1