thrift; economy; frugality
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
all over Japan; throughout Japan
Seabold; Siebold ((Philipp Franz Balthasar von) Siebold, scientific explorer of Japan)
plants and animals; flora and fauna
Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods)
Mitsukuri Genpo (1799.10.5-1863.8.1)
Kōan era (1278.2.29-1288.4.28)
rangaku; study of Western knowledge through the Dutch language during the Edo period
giving a lecture in the Emperor's presence; lecturing to the Emperor
condition; situation; prospects
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect; insight
territory; domain; dominion; possession
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
young lord; successor of one's current lord
horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters; European language; Western language
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)
religious painting; sacred painting
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
to strike (someone) down; to knock down; to thrash; to place firmly
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome