to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town
one; same (mind, path, etc.)
production; output; turning out
while; during (the time when)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
technique; art; skill; move
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
production output; number of goods manufactured
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
price; cost; value; worth; value
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
kimono fabrics shop; draper
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
to set up shop; to open a store
merchant guild entrusted by the shogunate to manage its respective trade (Edo period)
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
guardhouse (Edo-period city)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
clerk; secretary; scribe; copyist
three generations; three periods; third generation
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
please; somehow or other; one way or another