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pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

6

feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

7

salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

1

fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul

2

interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions

1

advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging

1

Genbun era (1736.4.28-1741.2.27)

1

7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side

1

carrying out one's duties; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege; fief

1

(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority

1

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

2

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

3

Jizaemon

1

vassal; retainer

1

to order; to command; to appoint

1

night market

2

trade; commerce

1

good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck

1

wealthy merchant

1

contract (for work); contracting; undertaking

2

hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build

1

development; exploitation

4

1,000; thousand

7

koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

4

good catch; good haul

2

warship; battleship

1

Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido

2

often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly

2

making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing

2

bakufu; shogunate

3

the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

1

defense; defence; guard; policing; security

1

to be reliable

1

taking turns on duty (esp. daimyo's retainers on duty in Edo)

1

educational policies or administration; Bunsei era (1818.4.22-1830.12.10)

1

government official

1

bribe; sweetener; douceur

1

right of control; supremacy; sovereignty

1

system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation

1

setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)

1

feudal lord; daimyo

1

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

2

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

1

public money

1

payment to the government

1

shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

3

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

2

food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply

1

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

2