net income; net profits; net pay
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
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
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
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
cheap structure (e.g. of houses)
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio
one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to be indebted; to be under an obligation
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
to be palatable; to suit one's taste