hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
fortune-telling; divination
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
acrobatics; risky undertaking
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
heavy-footed; slow of foot; reluctant; disinclined; unwilling
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
although; but; even though; I wish that
talk about various topics
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect