bridge building; cross-linking
payment for another; payment by proxy; paying in kind; paying with a substitute
statute-labor service (ritsuryo period); socage
deeply ashamed (of oneself); overwhelmed with shame
making a bid; tendering a bid
discussion about money; loan request
town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials
neri yōkan; firm adzuki-bean jelly
banks of the Sumida river
unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
to be fired up with enthusiasm for accomplishing something
good material; good timber; able persons
to cut open; to cut apart; to divide; to split
barbed T-shaped weapon for catching thieves (Edo period)