different school (e.g. of ikebana)
voluptuous; fascinating; beautiful
to market (something); to feature (something to sell); to trade in (something); to securitize
to be opposite; to face each other
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
woman well past her prime; matron well-advanced in age
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
bodily build; degree of fleshiness
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
genuine article; real thing; real deal
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
shading; (colour) gradation; kumadori; style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles
fake beauty mark; drawn-on beauty spot; tattoo
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
serious look (on one's face); straight face
useless; vain; aimless; idle
questions and answers; dialogue
lateral; sideways; (from) side to side
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
persistence; single-mindedness
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
to attempt; to test; to try out
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
my; one's own; I ...; one ...