assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
highest ever; record-high; highest on record
colour; color; hue; tints
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to badger; to pester; to beg
living thing; living creature; animal; life
festival; feast; carnival
to become used to the (ways of the) world; to become worldly or sophisticated
acrobatics; risky undertaking
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
seven (long cylindrical things)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone
older sister; elder sister
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
the big two...; two major...; two main...
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct