key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
bean curd lees; soybean pulp; refuse from tofu; deutzia (Deutzia crenata)
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
seashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach
dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
tall tree; forest tree; arbor; arbour
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
parents and siblings; one's relatives
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to avoid; to dodge; to evade
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to cut (someone) down; to slay
confused fight; brawl; melee; scuffle; free-for-all
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to cut down all; to slash promiscuously
to kill; to choke the life out of
great numbers; numerical superiority
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
something heard while sleeping
to lower the curtain; to come to an end
to well up; to burst; to arise
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
Ittō-ryū; school of swordsmanship founded during the early Edo period, from which many later schools branched
martial arts school situated in a town
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself