bowel pains; painful loose bowels
square (shape); (in a castle) rectangular space between the inner and outer gates (where troops can gather)
after all; in the end; in short
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
Koishikawa Yojōsho (est. 1722 as a hospital for the indigent)
the Kyōhō Reforms (1736 economic reforms)
Western medicine (as introduced to Japan by the Dutch during the Edo period)
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
whooping cough; pertussis
flippant; saucy; know-all
dilapidated temple; temple ruins; abandoned temple
to treat one's husband with due respect
leaving (a facility, clinic, office, research institute, etc.); retiring
deworming medicine; anthelmintic
breaking a lock; picking a lock
(monetary) present to a person in distress; condolence money; gift of money in token of one's sympathy; solatium
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; intestinal worm
cancellation; writing off (a debt); indicating a long sound in kana; tug o' war; tug of war
appearing for the first time (esp. vocabulary, kanji, etc. in a school textbook)
shellfish removed from the shell; shucked shellfish
doctor of Chinese (herbal) medicine
wife (esp. of a prominent, recently married man)
purple clouds; clouds on which Amida Buddha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
to boil down; to condense
(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal