ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!; roll up, roll up!
like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; (lit.) eggplants don't grow on gourd vines
spider that appears in the morning (said to be good luck)
being on duty with a colleague; partner; colleague
soybean; soybeans boiled until soft for making miso
person who lives an extravagant lifestyle
bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)
since the era of the Emperor Jinmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented
fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute
medley (of food, songs, etc.); (snow or sand) drift
cultivar; cultivated variety of a plant
little shop; small shop; low class whorehouse in Fujiwara (Edo period); low class brothel; passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tōhoku region)
Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street
town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials
painting of flowers and birds; bird-and-flower genre in Chinese and Japanese painting
Pisces (constellation); the Fish; the Fishes; (arch.) fishmongers' guild
baby's first annual festival
cowardly or depraved samurai
Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
miser; cheapskate; skinflint
to escape death; to be saved from death
to have a talented child despite being untalented; a black hen lays a white egg; (lit.) a kite gives birth to a hawk
play put on in a village; play put on by villagers
daughter of the home; unmarried woman who owns (the future rights to) a home
hag; witch; bitch; penurious or spiteful old woman; termagant; virago
tori-no-ichi (held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November)
tooth hardening toy (for infants); teether; teething ring; tooth hardening meal; New Year's feast