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
grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus); gray-faced buzzard
rental fee; rent; hire charge
to cut open; to cut apart; to divide; to split
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
blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist
first visit to inn, restaurant, etc. without an introduction
pedestrian traffic; kanji "legs radical" (radical 10)
high prices of commodities
first torii gate of a shrine
senior town administrator (Edo period)
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
knife attached to the sheath of a sword
apothecary; druggist; chemist; pharmacy; drugstore
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
tall-paneled sliding door
mashed sweet potatoes (incl. sweetened chestnuts or beans)
simple and inexpensive restaurant; diner
to get moldy; to get mouldy; to get out-of-fashion
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
murder of one's master; murderer of his master
to get a salary (from); to receive a stipend (from); to be on the payroll (of)
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself
showman who trains performing monkeys