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
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
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; flooding 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
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
perfect; complete; thorough; leaving nothing to be desired; more than satisfactory
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
the five vegetables (garlic chive, Japanese leek, green onion, wasabi and mame); (meal of) five dishes
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface