enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to look forward to something
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
ancient Shinto music and dancing
optimism; taking an optimistic view
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
happy memory; sweet memory
human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure)
musical composition; tune
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
string instrument; stringed instrument
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
easy-peasy; easy; simple; pleasant; comfortable; comfy
old Japanese court music; gagaku
amusement (recreational) facilities
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on
light music; popular music
pleasure and pain; joys and sorrows
Western music; European music
wind music; wind instrument music
outing; excursion; pleasure trip; going on a picnic
to relax; to take it easy
optimist; easy-going person
Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati
wait until you actually see it
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
libertine; playboy; rake; lazy person
music school; music academy; conservatory
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
earthly paradise; heaven on earth
concluding festivities; concluding program; concluding programme; final day of a tournament
music; old Japanese court music; gagaku
lust killer; lust murderer
It's absolute heaven; It's sheer bliss
tourist resort; holiday resort
Japanese puppet theatre (theater); bunraku
store selling musical instruments
easy-peasy; easy; simple; pleasant; comfortable; comfy
conservatory; conservatoire; music academy; music school; college of music
murder for pleasure; lust murder
place where music lessons are given; music class; music school
orchestra member; musician
bird of paradise (Paradisaeidae family)
grey wall covering material (gray)
the world of music; the music world
singing and dancing; song and dance
music for strings; string music
party (esp. for children or the elderly); funfest
happy; cheerful; pleasant
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
music industry; music business
dressing room; green room; backstage; inside story; confidential talk; hidden circumstances
kagura hall (at a shrine); sacred dance stage
ideal weather for an outing
rebirth in paradise; peaceful death
prodigal son; wastrel son; son of loose morals
Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century)
free markets and open guilds; way of sitting on the ground with the sole of both feet pressed together
music theory; musical theory
genre of Heian-period Japanese court music (primarily consisting of gagaku-styled folk melodies)
college of music; school of music; music college
keyboard instrument; clavier
kagura (esp. when performed at the imperial palace)
cattle or horse trader; good judge of horses or cattle
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
Arcadia, presided over by a virtuous king
free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)
outdoor concert hall; band shell; bandstand
melodic subject; theme; motif
having a weakness for fine clothes
wind instrument orchestra; wind band; brass band
popular entertainment; mass entertainment; public amusement
cloud of ashes (caused by pouring water on a fire)
music director; musical director
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
amusement program; amusement programme
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh
electrophone; electronic musical instrument
pleasures of a pious life; entertainment for or dedicated to a deity or Buddha; pastime; entertainment; free admission
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
womanizing; debauchery; philandering
celebrated musician; master musician
grand kagura performance at Ise; type of performance including the lion dance and juggling; Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia)
compositional rules; musical grammar
traditional Japanese musical instrument
Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
modern music; contemporary music
tourist; vacationer; vacationist; holidaymaker
program music; programme music
piece of instrumental music
freedom from one's desires (entry into Nirvana) is true bliss
music for strings; string music
entertaining movie; entertaining film
magazine for amusement; entertainment magazine
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
kagura hall (at a shrine)
musical passage or section
string instrument; stringed instrument
kagura performance held somewhere other than the imperial palace
grand kagura performance at Ise; type of performance including the lion dance and juggling; Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia)
shoptalk; matters incomprehensible to outsiders; inside joke; private joke
philharmonic society; society of the friends of music
Indian song and dance (introduced to Japan by the Chams in approx. 736 CE)
heaven of enjoying emanations; one of the six heavens of the desire realm
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
indulging in pleasure; giving oneself up to enjoyment
government office in charge of court music (ritsuryo period)
professional dengaku performer (usu. appearing as a monk)
Music Department (part of the Board of Ceremonies of the Imperial Household Agency)
rhythm game (video game genre); music game
wind and string instruments
Ancient Chinese banquet music
raku ware; hand-moulded, lead glazed earthenware pottery fired at low temperatures, esp. used in tea ceremony (molded)
after pleasure comes pain; there is no pleasure without pain; there is no rose without a thorn; take the good with the bad
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
work done for enjoyment (as a diversion); dilettante work
enjoyable (pleasant) feeling (atmosphere)
optimistic view of life; optimism
Chinese coinage produced during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (used in Japan from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period)
Tang-era Chinese music; tōgaku; style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
seeking after (Buddhist teachings, etc.); wanting; desiring; (arch.) loving
online music distribution
comfortable rest or sleep
happy-go-lucky fellow; an easygoing and indifferent person; a pococurante
Cakrasamvara; Samvara; Supreme Bliss (tantric Buddhist deity)
inside story; confidential talk
prodigal daughter; daughter of loose morals
Japanese classical musical instruments
electric musical instrument; electrical instrument
(musical) instrumentalist
mask worn by a bugaku dancer
pastime; entertainment; amusement; pleasure
form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period)
no pain, no gain; no cross, no crown
worrying before one's people worry, enjoying oneself only after one's people have enjoyed themselves (a precept to be observed by a ruler)
self-playing musical instrument (e.g. music box, player piano)
popular music; common people's music (as opposed to court music)
hand-moulded earthenware teacup
kagura flute (six-holed horizontal flute)
love of fine clothing; weakness for fine clothes; being extravagant in clothing
raku ware; hand-moulded, lead glazed earthenware pottery fired at low temperatures, esp. used in tea ceremony (molded)
enjoying oneself with others
gagaku training place (Heian era); place for playing instruments
church music; sacred music
seeing is enjoying; looking doesn't cost a thing
spinning top (traditionally made of Japanese babylon shell)
music distribution service
Etenraku (Japanese court music composition)
music performed by women; women who performed court Bugaku music and dance
there is nothing better than sleeping
skewered pieces of tofu baked and coated with miso
happy-go-lucky fellow; easygoing and indifferent person; pococurante
pleasant circumstances; enjoyable matter
taros flavoured with miso and grilled on skewers; parent-child incest
heaven of enjoying emanations; one of the six heavens of the desire realm
plucked string instrument
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
Qing-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 19th century)
skewered fish (or vegetables, etc.) coated with miso and cooked
to amuse; to delight; to entertain; to please; to regale; to give someone a good time
grand kagura performance at Ise
Ming and Qing-era Chinese music (as popularized in Japan before the First Sino-Japanese war)
bird of paradise flower; Strelitzia reginae
new music; shingaku (post-Tang dynasty gagaku piece)
grand kagura performance at Ise; type of performance including the lion dance and juggling; Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia)
decorative portable shrine; float used in festivals
Ancient Chinese banquet music
after pleasure comes pain; there is no pleasure without pain; there is no rose without a thorn; take the good with the bad
no pain, no gain; no cross, no crown
there is nothing better than sleeping
grand kagura performance at Ise
grand kagura performance at Ise
grand kagura performance at Ise
happy-go-lucky fellow; easygoing and indifferent person; pococurante
happy-go-lucky fellow; easygoing and indifferent person; pococurante
skewered fish (or vegetables, etc.) coated with miso and cooked
bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus)
danjiri festival; cart-pulling festival
metre or rhythm in Chinese and Japanese traditional music
music in the Korean court
manzai (comic dialogue) accompanied by music
old Japanese court music from the Nara period
old Japanese court music from the Nara period
a life given up to pleasure; pleasure-seeking lifestyle
companion in one's pleasures; companion in hobby activities
one cannot have pleasure without pain; no pain, no gain
there's no pain without pleasure, and there's no pleasure without pain
there's no pain without pleasure, and there's no pleasure without pain
(arch.) device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku tofu on both sides
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
kagurajishi camellia (Camellia japonica var.)
don't believe everything you hear; (lit.) what is a paradise on hearsay may be a hell at sight
Flemish school (of music)
ancient type of koto with 13 strings used in Gagaku music
ancient type of koto with 13 strings used in Gagaku music
a Buddha or Bodhisattva taking away suffering and conferring peace
happiness and comfort; happiness and peace
words used to describe tempo, dynamics, etc. in music; musical terminology
rapid growth of hair when one is relaxed
rapid growth of hair when one is relaxed
carefree person; person living at his ease
form of gagaku performed while marching
cardboard spinning top, shaped and coloured like a flower
bowed stringed instrument
bowed stringed instrument
faith is best in moderation; (lit.) worship too hard and you will pass right through paradise
musical accompaniment and sound effects (esp. in kabuki)
large 4-stringed biwa used in gagaku
delighting in the misfortune of others
he who has never toiled, does not know what it is to enjoy repose
barcheek goby (Rhinogobius giurinus)
blue honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea var. emphyllocalyx)
Lonicera gracilipes (species of honeysuckle)
lesser great leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros turpis); lesser roundleaf bat; lesser leaf-nosed bat