garden pond; miniature lake; fountain
scene; sight; scenario; setting
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
anniversary; commemoration
performer; entertainer; actor
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
posterity; future generations
battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)
contest (between performers); competitive performance; competition between theatres putting on the same show
lukewarm; tepid; indifferent; halfhearted
to create a stir; to make waves; to raise a question about; to cause a sensation
forerunner; precursor; pioneer; outrider; outriding
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
contemporary life; present-day life
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless