rice from an early harvest; early rice
to sell wholesale to a retailer
paper-covered frame put over a hearth or brazier to make the fire last longer
bridge building; cross-linking
garden gate made of branches and twigs; wicket gate
full; complete; entire; total; sincere; wholehearted
payment for another; payment by proxy; paying in kind; paying with a substitute
merchant class culture that flourished in Edo during the Bunka-Bunsei period
statute-labor service (ritsuryo period); socage
deeply ashamed (of oneself); overwhelmed with shame
to place someone in a position
being good at selling; shrewd salesman
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
making a bid; tendering a bid
maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais)
type of popular literature from the late Edo period
discussion about money; loan request
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
towel wrapped around a woman's head