fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock)
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
writing with the brush in one's mouth; foreword; preface; affidavit; written confession (of a commoner in the Edo period)
fallen ears (of grain); gleanings
convict; convicted prisoner
simple store; booth; stall
grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus); gray-faced buzzard
to hold back on; to restrict sales of; to be reluctant to sell
to cut open; to cut apart; to divide; to split
(Edo-period) jail warden; jailer
very small amount of money; penny; cent; nickel; dime
to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)
to droop; to be depressed
candy vendor (esp. an Edo-period candy vendor who sold candy while walking around playing the flute or another musical instrument); candy vender
court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
floor space; area (in tsubo)
bamboo wall-top spikes (or wood, iron); spikes placed at the top of a wall to repel thieves
bonus; reward for one's services
bill collection; bill collector
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
merchant house employee; tradesman
preliminary loading of the (cargo) ship (in preparation for moving cargo around inside the ship); preliminary placement
ought to (verb); should (verb)
indecent; shameful; unsightly; pathetic
to round up; to gather; to muster; to mobilize; to mobilise
dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)
to become hard and fibrous; to go to seed; to have passed one's prime; to have lost the first bloom of one's youth
generally; in the main; briefly (look over, explain, etc.); roughly; more or less