black marketeer; black market trader
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
point (of a conversation, etc.); sense; hold; grip
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
inheritance tax; death duty
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
good-quality; superior in quality
tea-ceremony arbor; tea-ceremony arbour
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
Western wine and spirits; Western liquor
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
chicken or fish meatloaf made with egg
foreign capital group; foreign company
person asking for advice; inquirer; consulter; consultor; counselee; querent (in tarot, astrology, etc.)
aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful
indigenous people; native people; aborigines
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
guest of honor; guest of honour; good customer; important customer
(one acting as a) foster parent
tariff (import tax); duty; customs
to drop; to lose; to let fall
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
convenience; user-friendliness
empty lot; vacant plot of land
lubricating oil; lubricant; lube; person or thing that makes things run smoothly; facilitator
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
old couple; elderly couple
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
ninth day of the month; nine days
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho