rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending
to perform; to play; to act
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
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; name; title
shaku; flat wooden or ivory baton carried in the right hand when in ceremonial imperial or Shinto garb
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
genuine article; real thing; real deal
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
stifled (laughter); simmering
old Japanese court music; gagaku
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 rank; seniority
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
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
(sheet) music; (musical) note; genealogy; family tree; record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.
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)
willful; wilful; as one pleases
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person
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)
vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
elaborated cloth; figured silk and thin silk
five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
main point; main object; chief purpose; core; gist; essence
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)