commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
possession; retention; maintenance
Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
various fiefdoms; various domains
large number (of); many; majority
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
starvation; famine; hunger
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
neighboring districts; neighbouring districts; countryside
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
house in an alley; rear tenement
proletariat; lower classes
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)
strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
Ooshio Heihachirou (1793-1837)
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into