Vocabulary

immorality (oft. sexual)

residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo

han school; school established by a daimyo for educating the children of the domain's retainers

(Confucian) scholar retained by a feudal lord or daimyo

gold paint

chemical fertilizer; chemical fertiliser

superhuman strength; Herculean strength

safecracking; safecracker

gold and iron; firmness; adamancy

partial payment of a debt; reduction of a debt

sensitive or sensitized plate (sensitised)

to suck; to draw out; to aspirate

to empty out; to drain out; to pump dry

steep slope; steep incline

between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing

concert hall

black market

court; Imperial Palace or household

Imperial Palace; Imperial Court

game preserve; wildlife sanctuary

magnanimity; generosity; welcoming personality

(one's) inner thoughts; feelings

unbearable; intolerable; unendurable

to stop crying; to cry oneself out

ancient practices; old customs

last year

hotel; inn; lodging

box (built-in) for containing shutters; shutter case; door pocket

to employ; to hire; to engage

collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street

black and white striped curtain (used at funeral service)

travelling east (esp. to Edo) from Kyoto

fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

ridgepole-raising; setting up of the framework of a house

seed coat; testa

reveal of how a trick is done

breeding stock

(being in) high spirits

(beriberi-caused) heart failure

tactics; strategy