true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo
school hours; hours of teaching (instruction)
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
number of days (times) one has attended
slack; slackening; sagginess; dullness; letdown; depression
making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages
honorific affix; honorific prefix
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
unlimited; unrestricted; limitless
at your own discretion; as you see fit
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
canvas; duck; sailcloth; burlap; sackcloth
list price; regular price; established price
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
discretionary price; price a retailer can set at its discretion
self-torturing; masochistic
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
okara; soy pulp; tofu dregs; edible pulp separated from soybean milk in the production of tofu
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
earthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling