dry riverbed; river beach
high window; clerestory window
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
material; substance; matter
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
exercise to help digestion
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh; suddenly blushing; in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly
reviewing stand; box; gallery
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
sports ground; playing field; playground
galvanized sheet iron (galvanised)
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to become completely chilled
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
young girl; lass; adolescent female
to go crazy; to lose one's mind
to become clear; to be made public
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute