trolley service; table-side service
the best men are from Edo; the best women from Kyoto
shoulder pain (at about age forty)
rhythm and blues; R&B
regional geography; topography
mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds
Japanese butterfish (Psenopsis anomala); melon seed
duck meat stew (dish from Ishikawa prefecture)
merchant class culture that flourished in Edo during the Bunka-Bunsei period
San-you region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, southern Yamaguchi and sometimes western Hyogo prefectures)
glasses for show; fashionable eyeglasses worn for appearance's sake; glasses with no lenses or 'window glass' lenses
highly educated person; academic; scholar
child labor; child labour
sweet of egg yolks drawn into strands and boiled in sugar syrup (orig. from Portugal); angel hair; fios de ovos
Japanese spirit with Western learning
Ameyayokocho (open-air market in the Taito Ward of Tokyo)
lucha libre (Mexican pro wrestling)
light trap; electric insect killer; bug zapper
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer
steamed bun shaped like a maple leaf
Okinawan language; Okinawan dialect