to entertain one's guests; to keep a group entertained
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
work, items, etc. carried over from earlier; hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)
audience; attendance; hearers
to forget to write something; to leave something out; to omit something
forgetting; lapse of memory
miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
subordinate shrine; professional entertainer
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
making provision for the elderly; making provision for one's old age; spending one's old age in comfort; Yōrō era (717.11.17-724.2.4)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
(arch.) dancing girl (end of the Heian period); prostitute; tempo in gagaku
utai (noh chant) piece for recitation
tune (melody, piece of music)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
divining sticks; counting; calculation
custom; common practice; habit
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
type of popular literature from the late Edo period
spread; span; expanse; extent
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
because; for; the reason why is ...
receipt (of a letter, money, etc.); acceptance; receiving
neighboring country; neighbouring country; provinces close to Kyoto (under ritsuryo system)