brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
use; utilization; utilisation; application
one's regular inn; one's usual hotel
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to carry out one's mission
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
hired thief taker (Edo-period); private detective; private secret policeman
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride