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Hatayama

1

rice from an early harvest; early rice

1

bridge collapse

1

garden gate made of branches and twigs; wicket gate

2

payment for another; payment by proxy; paying in kind; paying with a substitute

1

merchant class culture that flourished in Edo during the Bunka-Bunsei period

1

to place someone in a position

1

being good at selling; shrewd salesman

1

side line; avocation

1

type of popular literature from the late Edo period

1

the rice market

1

Ikunosuke

1

customers losing interest in product or shop

1

black-market goods

1

hanger-on; dependent; someone who is received coldly; third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate)

1

Kumekichi

5

Takahiro

1

vaginal discharge; menstruation; afterbirth

1

closing one's eyes and joining one's hands together in prayer

3

Chuujirou

1

neri yōkan; firm adzuki-bean jelly

2

Sugadaira

12

age sixty; one's sixties

1

seed-raising; breeding; gathering news

1

thumb print

2

division of duties

1

to take a breath; to take a short rest

1

very small amount of money; penny; cent; nickel; dime

1

water carriage; water transportation

1

Chōtoku era (995.2.22-999.1.13)

6

deity enshrined at Hie Shrine (in Shiga and Tokyo)

1

Ootananpo

1

large Japanese junk

1

Hatsu

1

straw mat

2

unaccounted; off the books

24

biennially; every second year; every other year

1

to have authority (over)

1

daughter of the home; unmarried woman who owns (the future rights to) a home

2

practicing by oneself; self-instruction

1

annual production

1

Kiyouho

1

Kandaizumi

4

Saeki

1

to be free; to be available

1

burnt field

1

combined use; combination; filling two positions; serving two purposes; dual-use

1

to come to an agreement; to come to a mutual understanding; to come to terms with each other; to reach an arrangement

2

various goods; prices

1

two-handled keg

1