highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
prohibition; inhibition; ban
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials
in succession; one by one
(Edo-period) town magistrate
control; management; supervision
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to make one's rounds; to patrol
tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
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
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
trade; buying and selling
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
being blocked (and contained); reduced circumstances
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to begin; to set about; to start
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to fall into another's hands