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office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs

1

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

3

residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo

1

point in time; occasion

2

this family; we; this house

1

box for letters and papers; box used to carry or deliver letters

2

one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)

1

to happen to be present

4

ship's name

2

shipowner

6

Japan

1

Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)

10

Ichibee

2

spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity

2

left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); the following

2

fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent

5

nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband

5

eternity

20

Denjirou

5

hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron

2

Touzaemon

3

cavern; grotto

2

Yohee

1

Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

7

ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines

15

source; origin

1

(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam

1

Soujuurou

2

Taya

1

Sukezaemon

1

Kiki

2

divine; godly

2

younger brother (of an older brother); younger sister (of an older sister); youngest child; young; younger; young and beautiful

3

right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing

11

Emon

7

to run a shop; to have a shop

3

Nihonbashi River

6

seeing and hearing; (from) one's own experiences

1

reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

1

flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head

1

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

31

brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

9

(ship's) launching

1

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

3

Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)

40

to become experienced (after many years of practice)

1

to get accustomed to using

1

Genshichi

5

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

4

to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

1