corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
divide into four pieces; one fourth
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
shamisen; samisen; sanxian (Chinese lute); three string instruments (in gagaku; biwa, wagon and sou); three-stringed instrument
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); pit; orchestra; parquet
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
top of the head; vertex; parietal
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot
traditional married woman's hair style with an oval chignon on top; men's hairstyle (Edo period)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
gold or silver lacquer; lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder
scattered animal feed; ground bait
multi-tiered food boxes that can be carried by hand; (arch.) female prostitute who carried multi-tiered food boxes about and peddled foodstuffs (Meiwa and Anei eras)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to pile up; to accumulate