peasant uprising (Muromachi period)
advance (e.g. of Japanese exports) into overseas markets
international trade; foreign trade; overseas trade
economic condition; economic circumstances; financial situation
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
accumulation; accumulate; store
restraint; restriction; control; check
Metal Tiger (27th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1950, 2010, 2070)
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to continue for a long time; to undergo a repeated series
Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
ruffian; scamp; hooligan; out-of-work person; day laborer without a job
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
dozens; scores of; decades
rice tax (ritsuryo system); rice levy; tax on rice fields; annual tribute; annual tax
(United States of) America; USA
transport; freight; shipping
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
valuable article; valuables
every year; year after year
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
external pressure; foreign threat
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
creation; founding; initiating
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching