leading male role in kabuki
paying loan installments whenever one happens to have money (instalments)
announcing the succession to another's stage name
low floor (platform, vehicle, etc.)
fires and fistfights are the flowers of Edo
deep-fried bean curd; undercooked
false or crocodile tears; feigned sadness
(the likes of) a mere tradesman
horse put out to pasture in spring; hobbyhorse
practicing by oneself; self-instruction
maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
holiday; day on which prostitutes had to receive clients
buying up; buying all of something; purchase on a no-returns basis; flat fee; lump-sum payment
court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
Western medicine (as introduced to Japan by the Dutch during the Edo period)
in and about a kitchen; family circumstances