same country; same province; the (said) country
kabosu (type of citrus fruit) (Citrus sphaerocarpa)
God bless me!; Good heavens!
women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono; ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go)
major change; major transformation
licensed; chartered; officially allowed; legitimate
being without a name; being nameless; namelessness
onnagata; male actor in female kabuki roles
peerless; unequaled; unequalled
wedding hall; marriage hall; wedding place; wedding location
bridal costume; wedding dress
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
old Japanese court music; gagaku
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
high steward; grand master
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
internal organ; viscera; gut
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
raging fire; conflagration
white stone; white (go pieces)
constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor
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; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot