fresh; (liquid) non-dairy creamer; coffee whitener
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
the present year; at that time
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
Onoe Kikugorou (1942.10-)
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
entrance curtain (in noh)
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
kabuki troupe; kabuki theater (theatre); Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo)
seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); pit; orchestra; parquet
opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes)
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
Soga brothers (12C Soga monogatari and later plays, etc.)
memorial performance; performance in memory of someone
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
audience; spectator; spectators
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
that's a different matter; that's a different story
Sinology; study of China or of the Chinese classics
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
boarding house; school dormitory; residential college (UK, etc.)
in the prefecture; prefectural
one's daily life; condition; well-being; standing and sitting; movements
of all things (days, etc.)
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggybacking; (arch.) last; (arch.) end
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
instigator; originator; initiator; torch bearer; incendiary; agitator
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)