special exhibition (at museum, etc.)
beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)
guardhouse (Edo-period city)
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
(historical) hereditary stipend
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
having difficulty falling asleep; unable to get to sleep
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity
of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)
to develop into a serious incident
to sentence; to assign a penalty
kimono fabrics shop; draper
great variety of flowering plants; light greenish-blue
to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
killing a passerby in order to test a new sword
inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case
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)
bewitched sword; magical sword; demon sword
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
doctor's visit; house call
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
fourth rank; fourth class; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar; Denmark
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family