with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline
halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally
blending of Japanese and Western styles
compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism
blending of the classical and colloquial styles
debt bondage (ritsuryo system); forced labor on failure to pay a debt
diplomatic negotiations at the dinner table; diplomatic bargaining
compromised shaku (compromise between the Kyōhō shaku and the Matashirō shaku; approx. 30.3 cm)