transportation network; transport network; traffic network
three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
without exaggeration; truthful; factual
business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law
household or cottage industry
wages; pay; rental payment
processed goods; finished goods
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); (arch.) room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank
88 years old; (arch.) rice
stand of trees planted to control the movement of sand
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
every person; each one; everybody
island in the southern sea (esp. Shikoku)
Suika Shinto (fusion of Shinto with Chinese elements, esp. neo-Confucianism); Shidemasu Shinto
Yamazaki Ansai (1619.1.24-1682.9.16)
Yoshida Shinto; fusion of Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism stressing traditional Japanese elements
neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Wang Yangming and his followers)
behaviorism; behaviourism; activism
contradiction; inconsistency