net income; net profits; net pay
a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow
hack; inferior horse; inferior person; incapable person
slicing a fish down its back
(tiny) house about nine feet wide and 12 feet deep
very insolent; extremely audacious; reprehensible
as is usual with; in common with
first warbling heard in a New Year
large and wide; peaceful and calm
the principle of the thing
married man or woman; housekeeping
without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
T-shaped wooden bell hammer
court music pavilion in a Shinto shrine; kagura hall
domain administration (Edo period); clan administration
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
wandering; jobless; unemployed
rubbish heap; garbage dump
lidded; covered; container with a lid
taking turns on duty (esp. daimyo's retainers on duty in Edo)
with a single blow; with one stroke
capital punishment given personally by a feudal lord after a disrespectful act
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel
food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land
to doze off; to nod off; to snooze
security for a loan; collateral
heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
incoherent; vague; silly; foolish
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful