censor; overseer; inspector (Edo period)
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
Sakuma Shouzan (1811-1864)
policy of increasing national prosperity and military power
successive occurrence; frequent occurrence; succession (of); series
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
poor farmer; needy peasant
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
dispersal; scattering; discrete
carrying out (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); taking out
return; relapse; recurrence
labor; labour; manpower; working force
sudden rise; sharp rise; boom; skyrocketing
buying power; purchasing power
local specialty; special product (of a region)
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
depression; recession; slump
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
great tumult; great strife; big loud bang; bustle; dirdum; hell broken loose
the poor; the needy; the destitute
stockpile rice (kept by the government to use as emergency provisions); reserved rice
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to prevent; to take precautions
shipping; shipment; forwarding
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
person in need; person facing economic hardship
one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
(Edo-period variety of) realistic literature; popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period
whole day and night; 24 hours
merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures
chronological order; time series
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
government permission; official licence; official license; government permit
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
man of the world; man about town; dilettante; well-informed person