consultation; discussion; conference; collusion; bid-rigging
to kidnap; to abduct; to snatch; to carry people away; to take by force
taking turns on duty (esp. daimyo's retainers on duty in Edo)
sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
bus on a regular route; fixed-route bus; transit bus
being rampant; domination
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
irrespective (e.g. of age); without discrimination; without distinction
Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge
kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
immediate follower (of the shogun)
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
slave traffic; slave dealer
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
lungs; bottom of one's heart; vital point
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
(Edo-period) town magistrate
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to walk someone off (e.g. to the police station)
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal