show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
stairs; stairway; staircase
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
one thin flat object; one sheet
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
to lean against; to set against
pair (esp. of folding screens)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs; cutting a thin sheet of metal into shapes and affixing it with lacquer forming natural features (e.g. clouds)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g); monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
gold or silver lacquer; lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder
scattered animal feed; ground bait
food (on a table) (esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant); cook; chef; person who prepares food
mediation; intermediation; procuration; entertainment; treatment; reception
colour; color; hue; tints
musical instrument; music; accompaniment instruments used in kabuki (excluding the shamisen)
coquettish voice; flirtatious voice
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to unfold; to unroll; to open
such; like that; that sort of; very
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
to make one's heart flutter
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
sad occasion (esp. a funeral)