beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
catalpa bow; spirit bow; bow used to summon spirits, made of Japanese cherry birch, catalpa, or other wood
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
afternoon session (stock exchange); afternoon trading
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to lose sight of; to miss
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
production (e.g. play); direction
only recently; just of late
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
present; current; in operation
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh
talk; story; conversation
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
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
article; news story; report; account
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
how long; how much; to what extent
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least