beating of a drum as a signal to announce the opening (beginning) of an event (theatrical performance, festival, etc.)
precarious trade; unstable occupation; itinerant trade
story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo); emotional rakugo story lacking a punch line
girl's lacquered wooden geta; wooden footwear; clogs; sabots
ticket-collector; collecting tickets
very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; beef
to stay bottled up inside oneself; to be introverted; to have a melancholic appearance, atmosphere (of a person, object, place); to have a gloomy appearance
heat of the day; hottest part of the day
professional comic (rakugo) storyteller
even if; if; though; despite; even
how many times; how often
making no mistakes (esp. in a performance)
job hunting; job searching
clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest
liquor-soaked; continuous drinking; daily drinking; binge drinking
just one person; only one
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
rakugo story teller; comic story teller
platform; stage; upper seat; pulpit
deceiving; cheating; fooling
to perceive; to understand
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
succession to another's professional name
to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
to have a nosebleed; to bleed at the nose
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat