absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to exceed (by a lot); to (far) surpass; to end; to cease; to stop
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
body; group; party; company; troupe
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
to march in; to transfer; to send
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
standing (committee); permanent (exhibit)
Orikuchi Shinobu (1887.2.11-1953.9.3)
suggestion; hint; implication
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
notables; dignitaries; illustrious families; clear; plain; obvious
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
performing without a mask (noh)
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
hook (high point of a song); chorus
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to arrive; to reach; to adhere; to insist on; to put on; to wear
old-fashioned boys' hairstyle; Meiji period women's hairstyle; constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam
burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)
genre of Heian-period Japanese court music (primarily consisting of gagaku-styled folk melodies)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
deity of rice fields and harvests
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to have sexual intercourse
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time