expression / noun:

• person who has lost something they used to rely on; a monkey fallen from the tree [literal] - idiom

expression / noun:

• how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio

expression:

• one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man; a person's will should be respected; even a menial deserves his convictions - proverb

noun:

• Edo-period prefectural governor (magistrate, bailiff)

noun:

• entertainment; hospitality - polite language ➜ お構いなく
• banishment (Edo period)

noun:

• (Edo-period) didactic novel or fiction

noun:

• erotic or pornographic literature (Edo period)

noun:

• erotic or pornographic book (Edo period)

noun:

• late Edo-period pejorative for Americans

noun:

• late Edo-period pejorative for Russians

noun:

• gold quarter-ryou; Edo-period coin ➜ 一分金・小判

noun:

• gold quarter-ryou; Edo-period coin - abbreviation ➜ 一分金・小判・一分判金

noun:

• low class licensed prostitute (Edo period)

noun:

• exile from Kyoto (Edo-period punishment)

noun:

• farting jester (Edo period); flatulist - archaism

noun:

• assisting town official (Edo period) ➜ 町名主・町年寄

noun:

• techniques for arresting criminals (Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• Korean delegation to Japan (Edo period)

noun:

• Korean delegation to Japan (Edo period) ➜ 朝鮮通信使

adverb:

• incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

noun / ~する noun:

• opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling

noun:

• game in which the object is to topple the opposing team's pole

noun / ~する noun:

• kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground)

expression:

• losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

noun:

• defilement; impurity; affliction - Buddhism term
• object (perceived with the mind or the senses)

numeric:

• one billionth