to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
way of living; manner of living; lifestyle
Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
simple diet; plain food; simple food; frugal meal
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
shortage; scarcity; dearth; famine
many people; everyone; all sorts of people
serious; severe; grave; acute
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
possession; retention; maintenance
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
(death from) starvation; starving to death
Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone