distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
emotionally uplifting; stirring
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, and down); hexagonal
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr
dance where a female dancer dresses up as a man (late Heian to early Kamakura period); noh dance performed by a man without a mask
buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
tonsure; shaving one's head (upon entering the Buddhist priesthood)
denominational doctrine; doctrine of a sect
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
restoration; revival; resurgence
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
selection (e.g. of poems, texts); anthology; selected extracts
to become the subject of rumours or conversations
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
reading aloud; recitation; intoning
narrow sense (e.g. of a word)
Japanization; Japanisation
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
reciting without samisen accompaniment