rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
drama; play; powerful drug
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
chief actor (e.g. of a kabuki play)
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
large build; large pattern
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
hard struggle; strenuous effort
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
judge; magistrate; (arch.) 3rd grade official (ritsuryo system); (arch.) assistant district officer; (arch.) inspector
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
money-making; earning money
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
large-headed dwarf statue, bringer of good luck
still object; object at rest; still life (painting, drawing)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to be helpful; to be useful
inari and maki sushi served together
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
old-fashioned boys' hairstyle; Meiji period women's hairstyle; type of dance in kabuki; knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring (color); constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to look askance (at); to look contemptuously; to look down on; (arch.) to cast an amorous glance at
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan