snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
account book; register; ledger
amount of money; sum of money
member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP
member of shogun's council of elders
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist
extortion; blackmail; shakedown; extortionist; blackmailer; racketeer
poop; faeces; feces; crap; trash; garbage
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
secret investigation; private enquiry; private inquiry; reconnaissance; scouting
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
fortitude; firmness of character; hardihood; manliness
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
what kind of business; what sort of matter
(car) dealer; (card) dealer; (foreign exchange) dealer
place; European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa); plaice
man; male; masculine gender
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
hereditary system; hereditary succession
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
evident; plain; distinct; clear
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
start-up company; venture business
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money