to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
another method; another problem
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to pretend (e.g. to be a good father)
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
intoxication; being carried away by; being enraptured by
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
picturesque; pictorial; graphic
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
out of the question; unthinkable; impossible
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
exotic non-Japanese wood (rosewood, ebony, blackwood, etc.); imported wood
to get a black belt; to obtain a degree (in judo)
to shave off; to scrape off
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
difficult problem; challenge
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
accurate portrait; photographic portrait
Shinkage-Ryu (style of Japanese fencing)