residence; housing; residential building
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
middle period; medium-term
1,000,000; one million; million; many
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
square kilometer; square kilometre
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
fire prevention; fire fighting; fire proof
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
hand-operated fire pump; water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
pushing by hand; hand gilding
gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
lacking a plan; haphazard
widespread fires in Edo (often after earthquakes); (lit.) flowers of Edo
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
calamity; disaster; misfortune
natural features; scenery; things particular to a certain region or season; characteristic scenery and customs; scenes and manners
good year; lucky year; bumper year; banner year
inundating a castle; cutting off a castle's water supply
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely