博多: Hakata (a region of Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan)

使役: (linguistics) causative form / 私益: (finance) private interest

技術者: technician, engineer

義務付ける: require, bind, obligate, mandate

(intransitive) to be; to exist; to be born; to die; to go; to come; etc. / (intransitive, Edo period jargon) to have sex / (intransitive) Used as a subsidiary verb, usually after …に (… ni): to be …

苦節: perseverance, devotion

(archaic, obsolete) indefinite interrogative pronoun: where, whence, whither, which / (archaic, obsolete, after a particle) indefinite demonstrative pronoun: anywhere, everywhere, somewhere

an illuminated parade float that usually features characters from kabuki

Short for ねぶた祭 (Nebuta Matsuri). a festival held on early August in Aomori city, known for its illuminated kabuki parade floats

暮らし: life