being really disappointed; feeling utterly mortified; being deeply vexed
in and about a kitchen; family circumstances
writing with the brush in one's mouth; foreword; preface; affidavit; written confession (of a commoner in the Edo period)
reassuring; stout-hearted; firm; courageous
cancellation; writing off (a debt); indicating a long sound in kana; tug o' war; tug of war
fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)
trough; gutter; water pipe; flume; chute
just-harvested; something freshly harvested or gathered (usually produce)
all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of the land; far and wide; (in) every port and harbor
professional gambler; gangster; gang member; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; hoodlum
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to leave as it is; to defer
unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless
thriving (prosperous) business; rush of business
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
(Edo-period) room for confining criminals or lunatics
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse
administration; government; administrator; governor
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)