committing every evil; being given to evil ways; following the path of evil
peace and tranquility; peace and tranquillity
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
Kyōhō era (1716.6.22-1736.4.28)
burglary; burglar; closet
one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship
treasure house; treasury; financial supporter; patron; financier
to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden
battle of wits; contest of wits
daimyo's main Tokyo mansion
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
to arrest; to capture; to seize
to be relieved of one's post
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
to shame the name (of); to blot the reputation (of)
watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen
(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies
shallow river; shallows; flatboat; river boat
bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
member of shogun's council of elders