IKI

No — only characters on the main board require 1 rice each during Food payment; retired characters and Kobuns on Building cards do not have to be fed (see p.9; Buildings note p.11).

No — doing business with one of your own characters does not increase its experience; only opponents' characters you do business with gain one experience (see p.7).

All your characters gain one experience when your Oyakata passes by completing a turn in the Main Street, and any retirements caused by that experience are resolved immediately during movement, before you do business (see p.7).

No — the leftmost Ikizama player goes first but must directly perform Phase B2 (move Oyakata), so they cannot choose Income or Hiring and instead gain 1 mon as compensation (see p.6).

At the end of months 3, 6, 9 and 12 (Payday) each player collects the salary printed on every character they have on the board and on retired characters; salaries may be mons, IKI or resources and retired characters always pay their topmost salary (see p.5 and p.8).

No — if a character with a Firefighting hiring bonus leaves the game (not fed or killed by a fire), your Firefighting marker remains where it stands and you do not lose that position (see p.9).