leaf spring; plate spring
(Edo-period) roadside teahouse where one would go to relax (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services); tea stall
highest-ranking blind court official; temple administrator; shrine administrator; administrator of a manor; (arch.) inspection; (arch.) inspector
head of an organizational section; head of an organisational section
free alcohol; free liquor; free drinks
bowl (of rice); pair (of chopsticks)
be inextricably involved; be in a sticky situation
going to the capital; working in a government office
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise; faker; huckster
to startle; to surprise; to astonish; (lit.) to make (someone) say "oh!"
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
will or decree (esp. of shogun); emperor's wishes
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
coincidentally; by chance; unexpectedly; rarely; unusually; seldom
single (i.e. unmarried) person; someone alone
earthenware; porcelain; china; pottery; crockery
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
witty and knowing; not to be underestimated; smooth operator
that's right; yes; uh-huh
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
losing weight; slimming; lean person
stranger; tramp; wanderer
Buddhist memorial service
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
one party; one faction; one clique
moneylending; moneylender
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper