traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments
special; particular; peculiar; unique
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
is something that; is that which
twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled
custom; habit; customary practice
such ... as; or some such
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
becoming dull (of a knife, one's wits, etc.); becoming blunt
audience; spectator; spectators
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
Kirikirijin (1981 satirical novel by Inoue Hisashi)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
insert (in a magazine, newspaper, etc.); foldout; insertion
great ambition; lofty aspiration
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
wherein; therein; thereinto
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to accept; to receive; to agree
if so; in that case; in that situation
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
player (of music, instrument, etc.)
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted