woodblock printer; person who prints using woodblocks (as opposed to the carver who carves them)
paper lantern that can be hung outside of a house or store
quantity or value of goods laid in
suggestive, erotic, or indecent ukiyo-e woodblock print
administrative fine; correctional fine; nonpenal fine
grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus); gray-faced buzzard
woodblock printer; person who prints using woodblocks (as opposed to the carver who carves them)
to hold back on; to restrict sales of; to be reluctant to sell
rental fee; rent; hire charge
to cut open; to cut apart; to divide; to split
Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street
selling out before the price drops (usu. shares); selling at the top of the market
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
high-grade Japanese fresh confections (usu. colorful sculpted mochi in seasonal designs around bean paste)
Eihō era (1081.2.10-1084.2.7); Eiho era
blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist
first visit to inn, restaurant, etc. without an introduction
(tiny) house about nine feet wide and 12 feet deep
pedestrian traffic; kanji "legs radical" (radical 10)
to arrest; to capture; to seize
high prices of commodities
long, thin, roofless small boat (used as a river taxi during the Edo period)
rice fragments; broken rice; crushed rice
delivery from a storehouse; shipping; leaving a garage; leaving the depot
first torii gate of a shrine