scene; view; prospect; outlook
dark (color); concentrated; thick
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
sleeveless ceremonial robe for samurai (replacing the Muromachi period suō); (arch.) sleeveless robe worn by commoners
in that way; thus; so; so?
variety of ceremonial dress made of intertwined cloth and silk threads
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
such; like that; that sort of; very
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
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
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
now; the present time; just now; another; more
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
while; during; while; although; all; both
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
to state; to express; to mention
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.); small spiral-shelled snail (esp. a pond snail)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
this land; our country; Imperial Court
visit (from abroad); introduction (from abroad); importation
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till