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
full; complete; entire; total; sincere; wholehearted
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
being good at selling; shrewd salesman
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
making a bid; tendering a bid
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
ban-sugoroku (trad. Japanese board game played with dice)
drought disaster; drought damage
man's handwriting; kanji; Chinese characters
polished rice; white rice; husking rice with a mortar and pestle
customers losing interest in product or shop
boiled daikon (or turnip, etc.) eaten hot with miso