day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
confused; chaotic; jumbled; upside-down
to make merry; to be festive
young person; youth; young
surrounding country; neighboring villages
farmer; peasant; farming; country bumpkin; yokel; the common people
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
wounded person; injured person
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
viceroy; governor-general
visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage
common people; ordinary people; masses
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
plumage; feathers; decorative feathers on a spear sheath or pole
gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he
six codes (constitution, civil code, criminal code, commercial code, code of civil procedure, code of criminal procedure); Compendium of Laws
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
suddenly disappears somewhere
to hide; to conceal oneself
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up