manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
sparsely growing cogon grass; short cogon grass
(belief in) spiritual power possessed by sisters to protect their brothers (in the Ryukyu Islands)
relationship of being natural enemies
to polish (rice); to refine; to purify
washed-out colour (in photography) (color)
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode
Okinawan scale (hemitonic pentatonic scale: do, mi, fa, so, ti)
to retreat; to withdraw; to deduct
to cast; to mint; to coin