the Kyōhō Reforms (1736 economic reforms)
finance reform; fiscal reconstruction
thrift; economy; frugality
salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes); mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law)
political operations; (Heian Period) political operations and ceremonies of the Imperial Court; (Edo Period) civil suit
fire prevention; fire fighting; fire proof
Matsudaira Sadanobu (1758-1829)
another thing; other things; another man's property
broker; intermediary; broking house
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
labour camp for drifters, criminals, etc. (Edo period)
homelessness; homeless person; being removed from the family register (Edo period)
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
main purpose; primary objective
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
reserve fund; savings; deposit
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
keeping house; being confined to one's house
spy working for the Edo shogunate; oniwaban
secret information; intelligence
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
intelligence gathering; information gathering