newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
town; city; municipal; urban
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
to intend; to be sure that
play equipment; playground equipment
park (public, amusement, etc.); parking
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
watching while standing (e.g. a play)
opening; start; opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.)
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
good family; respectable family; decent family
despite being a woman; woman as she is; (in a way that is) unbecoming to a woman; (in a way that is) uncharacteristic of a woman; in an unladylike way
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
bonshō; Buddhist temple bell
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath
to kill by burning to death
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
suicide by drowning; drowning oneself; entering the water; hitting the water
to dance; to perform a dance
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost