purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
detached territory; enclave; exclave; scattered landholdings
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
settlement; solution; resolution
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
(within a) territory; domains
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
advance payment; money paid in advance
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
agreement; stipulation; contract
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
connections; contacts; influence
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
end; tip; extremities; terminal
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
(period of) a year; during an era
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings