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Kikuzou

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a tinker; tinkerer

4

Jinnosuke

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Yuugorou

1

Man'emon

2

Yorozuya

2

brushmaker (calligraphy); brush seller

1

Abeshikibu

4

Rokunosuke

1

arson; incendiarism

2

Nizaemon

4

300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

4

often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly

1

great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn

1

head of an organizational section; head of an organisational section

1

resistance

1

to resist

2

a tip

1

to arrest; to apprehend

5

clouds and fog

27

wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai

1

(way of) spending money

1

(pair of) bellows

2

nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

1

head

1

purpose; utility; objective; way to use something

1

sanction; approval

1

phosphorescent light; mysterious lights on the sea; sea fire

1

senility; dotage; decrepitude

1

Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

1

to let an opportunity slip

1

(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies

3

Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)

2

clan; partisans; participation (e.g. in a plot); one flavour; one charm; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)

4

feudal era police rank

1

shallow river; shallows; flatboat; river boat

4

to write down

1

(Edo-period) town magistrate

1

second hand clothes shop; somebody who sells second hand clothes

1

outbreak of fire

1

to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large

1

weird; strange; mysterious

1

to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious

2

going with; accompanying

1

neigh; whinny; bray

1

all-night vigil over a body; wake

3

inn; tavern; basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies; basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder

1

concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period

1

divining sticks; counting; calculation

2