livelihood; subsistence; business; trade; profession
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
manservant employed by a samurai (Edo period)
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
anxiety; concern; (secret) fear; (hydatidiform) mole
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
... and westward; west of
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
ordinary person; unenlightened person
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
hooting; jeering; heckling
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
forevermore; for eternity
one's own property; possessions
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
to finish; to end; to be completed; to fulfill one's obligations
sweeping conquest; sweeping over; conquering; invading
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty