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Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry

8

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

28

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

2

a long time ago; in those days

4

corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

12

to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot

1

ah; oh; hey!

26

(air or sea) route; course; line; run

1

nature; property; disposition

5

ferryboat; ferry; passenger boat; shared fishing boat

4

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

4

to be conspicuous; to attract public attention

1

mast

2

back; behind; rear

20

luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)

8

riding together; fellow passenger; joint partnership

6

status of samurai

2

(social) class; rank; grade

1

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

6

farming; agriculture

2

craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

3

quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

3

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

3

idler; the unemployed

10

considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

1

early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age

2

Gen'ya

1

store; shop; restaurant

1

waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain

1

play; drama

19

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

1

Genzaemon

1

riches; wealth; resources; lottery

2

a cut above; one step above

1

weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather

2

no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise

1

future (usually near); prospects

2

time; hour; period; class

7

unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident

1

serious; not joking; straight

3

just because; even if; even though

2

human sacrifice; victim

2

probable; likely

3

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

3

hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)

1

to bear; to endure

12

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

30

inside the bay

1

frequent; densely packed; thick

1