surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
giant; woodsman; alpinist
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
intermission (between acts); interlude
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
bored; having nothing to do; idle
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
(animal making a) monstrous apparition
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
height (of body); stature
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
monkey (esp. a gibbon); hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre); kappa; (arch.) menstrual period
large snake; heavy drinking; heavy drinker
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
to wrestle with; to contest an issue; to take part in sumo
appearance; air; mien; getup
sleeveless (garment); sleeveless haori
weave; weaving; woven item
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
(something) despised; (something) made light of
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen