practice book used in jōruri and nagauta
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
nishiki-e; multi-colour woodblock print
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
omocha-e; woodblock-printed picture intended as a toy for children
one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
warrior picture (as a genre of ukiyo-e); musha-e
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
newspaper story (article, account)
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
seasonal goods; seasonal items; item of short-lived interest; faddish product; ephemeral work
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
brilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
how; in what way; how about
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to look upwards; to look up
fascinated and distracted by something
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
feel compelled to; can't help but feel; can't help but do