doing patchwork; an item needing patching
(spun) silk thread; spun thread (wool, etc.)
administrative fine; correctional fine; nonpenal fine
bill collection; bill collector
greenish nasal mucus; green snot
collar points; tip of a collar
retail store; retail shop
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
sleeved quilt; futon with sleeves; cotton padded nightwear
deity enshrined at Hie Shrine (in Shiga and Tokyo)
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
side door; side gate; wicket gate
Matsudaira Sadanobu (1758-1829)
drinking, gambling, and buying women in prostitution
blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist
reduced budget; budgetary austerities
to arrest; to capture; to seize
dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
feeling sad or downhearted; down in the dumps
in (the proper) order; in (the correct) sequence
goggle-eyes; round, sunken eyes; greedy look
lining up; packing tightly
tea seed oil; camellia oil
moxa; Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)