stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
absence; disregard; indifference
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
coordinate; co-ordinate; matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours); coordinated outfit (clothes and accessories); ensemble; coordinates (items of clothing, furniture, etc. designed to be used together)
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
observation; survey; watching
(not) a single person; (no) one
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
guess; speculation; supposition
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
not hard to... (in certain circumstances, it would be possible)
complete victory; winning a tournament with no losses
number of times; frequency; count
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
do-or-die game; crucial contest
opinion; point of view; visual point
measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than