paraphrase; (musical) arrangement
beefsteak plant; perilla; megaphylls; (lit.) large leaf
having very little difference between one another; being much of a muchness; being more or less the same; pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties); pissing contest
(arch.) seal; (arch.) stamp; depressing the string of a zither with one's left hand; (in archery) left hand; obstinacy; stubbornness
memorizing a musical score
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument; zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument
clingingly; (stuck) together; (pressed) all the way down; (flopping) down
person of importance; a somebody; absolutely; certainly; to be sure
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
stomach (esp. a pig's stomach or a cow's rumen); pork stomach
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
elegance; grace; festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school
refinement; elegance; grace
chatter mark (machine tools)
musical note; note symbol; phonetic symbol (incl. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.); part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning)
first place; head position; leading position
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
girls college (esp. in names of Christian schools)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet