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group dancing

4

dragonfly naiad; dragonfly nymph

3

lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

1

sentiments; passions

2

original method or procedure; serious; orthodox; classical

5

highest-ranking blind court official; temple administrator; shrine administrator; administrator of a manor; (arch.) inspection; (arch.) inspector

3

disturbance

2

Kagoshima (city, prefecture)

1

dance (in kabuki); dance play

2

dignity; quality; grace; panache; level

1

shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)

2

one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series

2

set of three; three sets; three classes

1

var. of folksong; var. of koto or shamisen music; medley of (Japanese) songs

19

var. of folksong; var. of koto or shamisen music; medley of (Japanese) songs

2

qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin

1

koto player

1

score; sheet music

1

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

1

musical notes; (sheet) music; score

1

to make up a party

1

epic (e.g. poem); descriptive; narrative

10

performance; playing on stringed instruments

1

three-stringed guitar

4

a throw; a fall

2

to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear

1

joints; points (of a speech)

1

second crop

1

various forms of arts (e.g. acrobatics, magic, puppetry, sarugaku acrobatics performance); miscellaneous songs popular from the end of the Heian period to the Kamakura period

5

isomorphism; same shape; same type; same pattern

1

in history; ever; historical

2

manly

1

to be pleased with; to be to one's liking

1

imitator

2

chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage

1

ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

1

monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself

3

remembrance; recollection; recognition

1

low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)

1

difficult to explain

1

obsolete word

1

elegant words; refined diction

1

dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness

2

chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain

4

beginnings; origins

2

artist

5

resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness

2

headband

3

learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

4

thread; strand; string

1