tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica; live tree
fluent (in a language); flowing
theatre-going; theater-going
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
student (esp. a university student)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
entrance fee; admission fee; admission; entrance charge; admission charge
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
strong person; person putting on a brave front; bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.); checks; plaid
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
Takano Chouei (1804-1850)
river; stream; River; the ... river
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)
drama; theatre; theater; play
correction; revision; amendment
house playwright (of kabuki)
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
book; volume; this; present; main; head