dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
kabuki troupe; kabuki theater (theatre); Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo)
signboard depicting scene from a play (usu. outside a theatre)
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
separate; special; another; separately
role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
whispered conversation; whispering
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
numbered tag; numbered ticket
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
pronunciation; production of sound
woman; female; feminine gender
loose (of clothing); baggy; flabby; saggy; sloshing; slopping
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this
those present; attendance
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
interior; inside; internal
training room (hall); gymnasium
practice; practising; training; study
drama; play; Chinese opera
lucky; fortunate; timely; convenient
inspire someone with fresh courage; with redoubled courage
monotone; monotonous; dull; lacking variety
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
here and there; in places
to read (a book, etc.) over again
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia