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rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

3

which; what (way)

5

reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)

1

home; family; household

2

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

8

(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner

4

to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of

1

different person; another person; someone else; changed man

1

be; is

2

to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at

3

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

2

to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent

2

taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)

1

Mito (city in Ibaraki)

5

back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means

1

influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well

1

sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

2

shadow; tail; following

2

magistrate's office

2

wall; fence

1

container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in

1

something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment

1

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

1

and; thereupon; because of that

5

magistrate; shogunate administrator

4

kindness; consideration

1

confectionery; sweets; candy; cake

2

wooden box; wooden crate

1

golden (colour, color)

3

heir; inheritor; successor

5

wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

1

to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to

3

outbreak of fire

1

(the likes of) a mere tradesman

2

to toady; to be obsequious

1

sense of justice

1

typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model

1

scoundrel; rascal; villain

1

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

2

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

4

entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly

1

to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted

2

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

3

plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

6

one's subordinate

1

that's so, however ...

1

townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

1

to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)

2

samurai residence

1

important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

2