paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific volcanic belt)
showman who trains performing monkeys
traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
magic; conjuring; sleight of hand; legerdemain
to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
several people; a few people
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to resound; to make a stir
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household