articles disposed of or sold off by the government
person who sells left-over gifts received by the shogun or daimyo, etc. (Edo period)
senior town administrator (Edo period)
service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.)
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle
one house; the same house; detached house
vigorously ...; suddenly ...
trouble; quarrel; dispute
guardhouse (Edo-period city)
rumor that appears to be quite true (rumour)
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
daughter-in-law and mother-in-law (relationship, conflict, etc.)
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship
boiled octopus; person as red as a lobster
loser; owner of a lost article
one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)
the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live
to keep a house; to run a household
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)
little while; short time; (arch.) an hour; half-hour; half an hour
that's right; yes; uh-huh
lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
difficult problem; challenge
son and heir; son who will succeed one
drawing; painting; picture