seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); pit; orchestra; parquet
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
draw curtain; stage curtain
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
bedside; near one's pillow
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to flare up; to burst into flames
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
shoji (paper sliding door)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to get angry; to lose one's temper
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to rebuild; to reconstruct
confections; sweets; candy; cake
late at night; small hours of the morning
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter