ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!; roll up, roll up!
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)
muffler (often fur); scarf; comforter
sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis); crooked neck; gooseneck
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to bring back; to restore
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to tighten; to press hard
quacking; cackling; loudly (snore, complain, argue, etc.); noisily; with a buzzing sound (e.g. speaker); with a crackling sound
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; face-off
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
manager (theatrical company)
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
to palm off; to force a sale
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
manservant employed by a samurai (Edo period)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
Chinese person; (arch.) foreigner
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
show tent; circus tent; freak show
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold