kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to repeat; to be frequent
large attendance; full house; capacity audience
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
relation; relative; kind; cordial
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument; someone's ability to play the shamisen
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
practice; practising; training; study
(sudden) evening shower (rain)
spring landscape; spring scenery
that's the way it is; such is life
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
guardian deity of seafaring; Kumbhira
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
inexhaustibility; mutual financing association
installment; instalment; premium; bill
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
body heat from several people in close quarters; stuffy air