what kind of business; what sort of matter
outrageous; reprehensible; rude; insolent; nefarious
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table; head
(political) power; authority; influence
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
(social) position; status
than; from; out of; except; but; more
Kyōhō era (1716.6.22-1736.4.28)
Kansei era (1789.1.25-1801.2.5)
reform; reformation; reorganization
(practice of) simplicity and frugality; scrimping and saving
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
law and order; discipline
together; mutually; fellow
chief vassal; senior statesman
Tempo Reforms (series of government measures, 1841-1843 CE)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
playhouse; theatre; theater
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall
cut; reduction; curtailment
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
prohibition; inhibition; ban
town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials
in succession; one by one
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to make one's rounds; to patrol
tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)