entertaining someone as one's guest
to be busy at work; to work diligently
to send for (doctor, etc.)
to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
music; gagaku; ceremonial Japanese court music
heavenly nymph; celestial maiden; beautiful and kind woman
rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
shaku; flat wooden or ivory baton carried in the right hand when in ceremonial imperial or Shinto garb
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
genuine article; real thing; real deal
Shinto priest; chief priest (of a Shinto shrine); Welsh onion
stifled (laughter); simmering
gagaku; ceremonial Japanese court music
playing (a wind instrument); blowing
small double-reed wind instrument used in gagaku (made of bamboo, with 7 holes on top and 2 below)
kokyū; 3 or 4-stringed bowed Japanese musical instrument; any Asian string instrument played with a bow
end-blown flute (esp. the recorder)
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
symphonic music; symphony
silent; quiet; solemn; softly; quietly; solemnly
tasteful; elegant; refined; charming; attractive
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
soldier; warrior; person of courage; strong person; very capable person
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of