barrier; checkpoint; checking station
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
mountain road; mountain trail
Hokurikudō; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan; highway running through the Hokuriku region
place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess
south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
Nankaidō (alt. name for the Shikoku region)
Saikaidō (alt. name for the Kyūshū region)
the seven districts of ancient Japan
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
business trip; official trip
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
rest; break; recess; intermission
system; institution; organization; organisation
long-distance relay race; stagecoach; post horse
register established for tax purposes (ritsuryo period)
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
allotment of rice paddies for cultivation during the cultivator's lifetime (ritsuryo system)
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
gender; distinction of sex; sex
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
the people; citizens; the populace
based on; on the basis of
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
every year; yearly; annually
returning (to the authorities); restoring
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal