kabuki play; kabuki drama
script; screenplay; scenario
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
decline; fall; decay; withering
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
talk; story; conversation
splendour; splendor; magnificence; grandeur
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
fighter (for); militant; champion (of); boxer
rhythmical; rhythmic; well-paced
recent past; recent times; early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
Dante; Dante Alighieri (Italian poet; 1265-1321)
Milton; Milton, John (1608-1674; English poet and author of Paradise Lost)
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to be square; to be angular; to be formal; to be stiff; to be strict
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
aristocratism; patricianism; concept that only the nobility is qualified to rule
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
sad fate; tragic doom; ill fate
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
end (of an era, century); close; descendant
alienation; estrangement; leaving (someone) out; casting out; cutting off; avoiding