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chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants)

to be open (to traffic)

fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan)

first day of winter (approx. November 8)

small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar

another helping

to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out)

to have a bad time

annual function

Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)

main

see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil

passing (along the way)

cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey

to rustle

kindness begets kindness

large front gate

scholar of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture

rough fence of bamboo, logs, etc. constructed at battle sites or execution grounds

to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end)

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highest ranking prostitute in Edo's Yoshiwara red-light district (from the Hōreki era onward)

Perciformes (order of perch and perch-like fish)

thumb shift keyboard

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

to understand everything from only one part

scroll containing a single line of calligraphy, often of Zen content (usu. found in a tea-ceremony room or house)

traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven

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not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand