one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
top ridge of a roof; main ridge of a roof
on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play; shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage
spring snow (usu. large snowflakes)
professional comic (rakugo) storyteller
parking area; parking lot; rest stop; service area
making something widely known; introduction; debut; announcement; unveiling
kappore (traditional Japanese comic dance)
breech presentation (feet or buttocks-first birth); breech delivery; breech birth
Jugemu (Japanese folktale)
to listen to in an ecstasy
(arch.) slow witted fellow; (arch.) counter-hero; (arch.) lie; (arch.) nonsense; Yotaro (rakugo character)
thoroughly; completely; utterly; severely; harshly; terribly
one (written) character; (arch.) Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum)
breaking one's ties (with); breaking off (from); pulling out (of)
elder brother; one's senior; dashing young man; gallant young lad
older sister; elder sister
trademark gag; trademark routine
expressive person (e.g. in musical performance)
frivolity; unpredictability; erraticism; first-time guest in a red-light district
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
program board (concert, theatrical production); act-announcement sheets; mekuri karuta
duty and humanity; (a sense of) moral obligation and humane feelings
hyuganatsu (species of citrus, Citrus tamurana)
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
inari and maki sushi served together
permanence; perpetuity; Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
to keep a house; to run a household
idle talk; nonsense; fool; idiot; irresponsible; nonsensical
carving; engraving; sculpture; tattoo
child one is expecting; child in one's womb