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Tanzenburo (famous early Edo period bathhouse)

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rice-bran bag (used for scrubbing the skin when bathing)

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Tokugawa Yorifusa (1603-1661)

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Saeki

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Tokugawa Mitsukuni (1628-1700)

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persons organized into gangs and wearing flashy clothes, who styled themselves as "chivalrous men" (Edo period)

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Ryousuke

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Yorishige

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pictorial map

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Samanosuke

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dirty money

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Yorifusa

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Koumon

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to understand; to comprehend

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(arch.) discarding; (arch.) abandoning; variety of street performance from the Middle Ages; casting off one's attachments (in Zen)

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face; looks

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Japanese apricot; ume

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first storm of spring; strong winds during the change from winter to spring

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love for one another

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world of suffering; life of prostitution

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woman's hairstyle (Edo period) (made popular by a Yoshiwara prostitute called Katsuyama)

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the breakup (dispersal) of a family

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buttocks; lower back; waist; kimono underskirt

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Buddhist image maker

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angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger

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point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

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to arrest; to apprehend

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doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor

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unripe plum

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Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)

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shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience

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kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)

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breath; breathing; tone; mood

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residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo

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frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health

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Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)

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bathtub (esp. wooden and bucket-shaped); small bucket used while bathing

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one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party

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carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover

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Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

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public bathhouse; bathhouse proprietor

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big fire (buildings, etc. on fire)

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to move; to put elsewhere; to tidy; to put in order

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one-armed person; one-handed person

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uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless

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Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity); great runner

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just; fair; proper; reasonable

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the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Serpent; hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); south-southeast; fourth month of the lunar calendar

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siblings; brothers and sisters

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young lord; successor of one's current lord

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