public corporation; public housing
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
theatre; theater; playhouse
construction; architecture (of buildings)
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
script; screenplay; scenario
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura
ruler; monarch; sovereign
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
kabuki troupe; kabuki theater (theatre); Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo)
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
(Japanese) empress; queen
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
actor; actress; player; performer
conventionality; triteness
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
Les Miserables (novel, musical, etc.)
The Merchant of Venice (play by William Shakespeare)
every place; various places