harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
an adult-age eldest son who has yet to come into his inheritance; (a young adult still) living at home; a dependent
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga); three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
town girl; girl raised in a town
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
fabric; cloth; textiles; measure of kimono material
wood (for building); lumber; timber
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
to abide (by the rules); to keep to the regulations
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
maritime; marine transportation
Nanban trade; Japanese trade with Spain and Portugal (1543-1641)
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
connection; link; relationship