double suicide; lovers' suicide
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
drama; play; Chinese opera
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
reading aloud; recitation
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet
main meaning; opinion; idea; aim; motive; gist
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
gesture; sign; hand signal
gesture; gesticulation; motion
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
(another's) daughter; young lady
portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
sixth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; tapering thinning curve, usually concave left
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)