combination; union; binding; bond
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god
(arch.) Lord (title of respect for nobility, etc.); Sukune (third highest of the eight hereditary titles)
lacking substance and existing in name only; something without substance
Emperor Oujin; Oujin Tenno
adding; connecting; joining; drawing a forced inference; forced analogy
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
downstage left (in noh), where the secondary actor is often seated
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
kagura performance held somewhere other than the imperial palace
Hyottoko; comical male character with puckered, skewed mouth; clown; ugly mug; ugly guy
in the same way as; just like
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
kagura (esp. when performed at the imperial palace)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
condition; figure; appearance; voice
printed program; printed programme
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
technique; art; skill; move
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
abbreviated form of a Chinese character; simplified character; acronym; abbreviation
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to pretend (e.g. to be a good father)
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
embodiment; materialization; actualization; realization; taking form; taking shape
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track