stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
three; three years of age
magic lantern; slide projector
automatic; intransitive verb
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
handicraft; industrial art object
(a) vein; (a) thread (of connection)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
Portugal; Portuguese language
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere
companion; company; tritagonist
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
sound of operation; operation noise; running noise
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
to gather; to collect; to assemble
something (equipped) with legs; sole of foot; one's manner of walking
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living