mask; disguise; guise; mask
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
make-up; get-up; disguise; costume
Indian song and dance (introduced to Japan by the Chams in approx. 736 CE)
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
Japanization; Japanisation
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
Brahman (priest of Hinduism, members of the highest caste); Brahmanism; priest of Brahmanism
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
drama; play; powerful drug
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
caricature; cartoon; comics
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
secondary meaning; of secondary import
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
external; superficial; outward; surface
humorous flavour; something comical
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
greed; worldly or materialistic desires
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
violent emotion; passion; fury
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)