person who steals money from the workplace; embezzler; untrustworthy person
a born fool is never cured; (lit.) there is no medicine for fools
town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials
being busy with many things; extreme busyness due to pressure of business
cutting; tearing off; cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut; robbery with assault; burglary
hairdresser (for sumo wrestlers and actors); wigmaker (for actors); hairdressing room (Edo-period kabuki)
shamisen with a thick neck
workmen's chant while pulling a heavy load
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
Tokugawa Ienari (1773.11.18-1841.2.20), Shougun 1786-1837
to become mentally exhausted; to be tired (from worry)
long stay; overstaying one's welcome
military book; war history
floriculture; flower gardening; floriculturist
printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; book or document that is factual in nature
to redeem debts (e.g. of a geisha)
temporary theater; temporary theatre; lean-to
flowing east (e.g. of a river)
Mino paper (var. of Japanese paper)
laws regulating expenditures; sumptuary edicts; thrift ordinance
idly; lazily; evasively; elusively; soft and slippery
to get jealous; (lit.) to grow horns
unavoidable; inevitable; cannot be helped; of necessity
paying (or paying out) double; (after number N) paying N times as much
var. of traditional white, uncreased Japanese paper, made from high-quality mulberry wood