kabuki play; kabuki drama; kabuki script
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
best pupil; leading disciple
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
evil design; crafty plan; plot
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
offender; criminal; culprit
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)
to spread; to be propagated
chief; main; principal; major
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
dragon god; dragon king; naga
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
male diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.); fisherman
manners and customs; folkways; usage
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
change; transformation; inversion
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
what time; (lit.) which hour
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
although; though; despite the fact that ...
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
Japanese-style bookbinding
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
samurai receiving this much rice as a fee; offering of rice cake containing this much rice; person receiving this amount of money as a salary
fixed date; appointed day
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)