good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
Kamehameha (Hawaiian kings)
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
feeling; mood; disgusting; sickening; revolting
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
feast for one's eyes; sight as pleasing as the New Year
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
stockpile rice (kept by the government to use as emergency provisions); reserved rice
various countries; various regions; various provinces
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
way of living; manner of living; lifestyle
Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
simple diet; plain food; simple food; frugal meal
shortage; scarcity; dearth; famine
many people; everyone; all sorts of people
serious; severe; grave; acute
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
consumption; expenditure; spending
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
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
storage; preservation; stocking; hoarding (of goods or money without productive use)
possession; retention; maintenance; holding; keeping