tantalizing sample (of food); tantalising sample (of food)
(army unit of) conscripted farmers
doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period)
thin rice gruel; rice water
smallpox vaccination; inoculation against smallpox
security for a loan; collateral
trifling; little; few; slight
to be arranged (flowers, etc.); to be on display; to be buried
physician in private practice; (arch.) town doctor; (arch.) doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
post; quarters; military station; police station
old friend; familiar face
to hate each other; to hate mutually
medical book; medical journal
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
your wife; his wife; secret meeting; secrecy
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
valuable article; valuables
ceramics; pottery; porcelain
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
prostitute (esp. Edo period)