entertainment; performance
kabuki play; kabuki drama; kabuki script
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
first Obon following someone's death
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to weave into; to interweave; to be incorporated in; to be factored in
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
revengeful ghost; apparition
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with
model (e.g. of a vehicle); type
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
memorial service (esp. for war dead)
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
descriptive (narrative) part
inability to make up one's mind due to worrying about how others will think; hesitation; wavering; vacillation
gesture; gesticulation; motion
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
great mountain; large mountain
circulating widely (of news, etc.)
since then; from that time; ever since
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
mental derangement; madness; insanity
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
old fox; old-timer; schemer
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
everything; anything; nothing
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange