ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
placed one upon another; piled up; excellent; splendid; superimposition; superposition
court noble; nobility; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
entrance curtain (in noh)
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
musical instrument; music; accompaniment instruments used in kabuki (excluding the shamisen)
yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium