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Examples
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The invitations mistakenly used the honorific title ryo-denka which is normally used for lower ranking members of Japan’s Imperial Family in refering to the Emperor and Empress, instead of the proper ryo-heika.
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Today its a matter of education, & the way people are raised, I miss manners ryo
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After she finished eating she said, “Karoku, Karoku, please take the cloth that I wove while in the cabinet and sell it for two thousand ryo.”
Asian-Pacific Folktales and Legends Jeannette L. Faurot 1995
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“Lord Ooka, I will be delighted to pay the whole six ryo.”
Asian-Pacific Folktales and Legends Jeannette L. Faurot 1995
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“I still say it is wrong,” Tosuke said ungraciously, handing Ooka a single ryo.
Asian-Pacific Folktales and Legends Jeannette L. Faurot 1995
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Why, that silly judge has set the tax at one gold ryo for every door in the house.
Asian-Pacific Folktales and Legends Jeannette L. Faurot 1995
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He took it to the lord of the province, who, when he saw it, said, This is very beautiful material, I will pay you two or even three thousand ryo for it.
Asian-Pacific Folktales and Legends Jeannette L. Faurot 1995
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It is an injustice for me to pay even this one ryo!
Asian-Pacific Folktales and Legends Jeannette L. Faurot 1995
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His disappearance accounted for, his luggage, the two thousand _ryo [u] _ of the temple, pass to Jimbei as his heir, and none to make report.
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From the bush appeared Jimbei clad in full raiment of a temple servant, carrying pole and the two boxes (_ryo [u] gaké_) on his shoulders, and so like to the rôle that Dentatsu felt as travelling in the style of his betters.
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