combined use; combination; filling two positions; serving two purposes; dual-use
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise
performance of one's official duties
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
town elder (Edo period); town leader; alderman
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
reason; cause; circumstances
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
Edo period inspection of rice plants
successively; one after another
imperial lands; shogun's demesne
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
price decline; fall in price
to make merry; to be festive
shogunate retainer; shogunate vassal
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)