cooked rice with added ingredients (meat, vegetables, etc.)
to beat a hasty retreat; to turn tail and run away; to take to one's heels
beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)
to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness)
fish served whole (complete with head and tail)
domain administration (Edo period); clan administration
archery range; brothel (covering up as an archery range)
the Bon Festival and New Year; two great things (happening at the same time)
taking turns on duty (esp. daimyo's retainers on duty in Edo)
house for rent; house to let; building a house; built house
to count on; to anticipate; to expect
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
deposit; earnest payment; earnest money
treasure house; treasury; financial supporter; patron; financier
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
liquor-soaked; continuous drinking; daily drinking; binge drinking
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief; who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!
waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort
one's husband; one's wife
filtration; filtering; percolation
Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)
Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
clan; partisans; participation (e.g. in a plot); one flavour; one charm; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
the other day; some days ago; recently; a day in the past
your wife; his wife; secret meeting; secrecy
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
fortress (surrounded by a wall, moat, etc.)
(Edo-period) town magistrate
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole