classical music; classic; classical; classic (work); the classics
haikai; collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.; humorous or vulgar renga poetry
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to put it in an extreme way; to put it in extreme terms
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
second division; secondary division
of course; certainly; naturally
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
realism; depicting realistically; representing accurately
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
at that time; in those days
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
mine tunnel; mine shaft; mineshaft
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
ancient oriental belt decoration; counter for swords
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
tea-ceremony arbor; tea-ceremony arbour
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
showman; impresario; promoter; producer
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)