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prohibition; ban; embargo

2

taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

1

indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided

1

participant; entrant

5

prison gate

1

remote island; distant island; punishment by exile to a remote island

1

landowner; landlord; landlady

22

firefighter (Edo period); problem-solver; troubleshooter; relief pitcher; reliever

1

extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman

1

letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)

2

suggestion box; comment box; (arch.) complaints box placed in front of the supreme court (Edo period)

1

poor people; the poor

3

Koishikawa Yojōsho (est. 1722 as a hospital for the indigent)

1

rational; reasonable; logical

1

legislation; laws

1

(judicial) precedent

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix

1

Kanpō era (1741.2.27-1744.2.21)

1

aggregation

3

rice price

15

reaching a peak; reaching the limit; plateauing; maxing out

1

official document; archives

1

governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines

3

chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser

4

letter bearing the shogun's scarlet seal; seal stamp given to worshippers and visitors to shrines and temples

2

copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript

1

to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture

2

container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in

1

person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)

2

Hōreki era (1751.10.27-1764.6.2)

4

Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)

15

plant hopper (any insect of family Delphacidae); leafhopper

1

harmful insect; noxious insect; vermin; pest

1

man-made calamity

2

to talk; to carry meaning

1

major dealer; wealthy merchant

4

large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive

10

appeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities

2

world reformation

7

public-spirited or self-sacrificing individual

1

Sakura

2

Sougorou

4

temple hall with a Kshitigarbha (Jizo) image

1

all-night vigil over a body; wake

1

outline; summary; gist; basic points

1

tyranny; despotism

1

pressure; force

1

Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)

1

plain; plateau; tableland

1

Iwaki (city)

1