to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
social meeting place; watering hole
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
sons and daughters; children; girl
samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock; samurai; warrior
maid-in-waiting in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
drinking bout; merrymaking
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
roofed corridor connecting two buildings; connecting passageway; skyway; skybridge; skywalk
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
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; lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
drinking party; banquet; feast
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
several years; a few years
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to extend (building); to build on
house playwright (of kabuki)
baton (of command); order; command; direction
maidservant; housemaid; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady; (arch.) lady
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
seven times; many times; seventh (interval)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
is something that; is that which
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
to relax; to feel at home