stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
practice; practising; training; study
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
chairman; leader of a troupe; proprietor of a theatrical company
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
to be greedy; to devour greedily
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
year-end gift; end of the year; year end
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
a few years ago; some years back
troupe; theatrical company
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
since then; from that time; ever since
drama; theatre; theater; play
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
eternal slumber; everlasting rest; death
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
to be superstitious; to believe in omens
every year; yearly; annually
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
cafe featuring Japanese-style sweets
skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
festival; feast; carnival
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism