lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
source of one's livelihood; one's bread and butter
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
questionable; doubtful; suspicious
comfort; consolation; diversion
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
kabuki actor who is also a male prostitute
professional gambler; gamester
tout; swindler; con-man; pimp
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
to press against each other; to huddle together
to sniff out; to get wind of
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
proper; reasonable; right; appropriate
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person
without cause; without reason
to throw oneself (into an activity)
highway route (Edo period); main route
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly