stage (theatre, theater);  scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
 cart (esp. a food cart);  stall;  festival float;  portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house;  stage prop fashioned after a large building;  framework (of a house, etc.)
 front stage;  center stage (of politics, etc.)
 rise (e.g. of a movement);  emergence;  rearing one's head;  gaining prominence;  coming to the fore;  gaining power
 wings of a stage;  side stage;  coulisse
 big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight);  gala occasion;  (on the) world stage
 offstage;  backstage;  behind the scenes
 large stage;  grand stage;  the big stage;  grand setting
 framework (of a building);  foundation;  mainstay;  support;  supporter
 debut;  initial stage appearance
 big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight);  gala occasion;  (on the) world stage
 final performance;  swan song;  last act
 Yamataikoku;  historical Japanese state thought to have existed during the late Yayoi period
 stage actor;  stage actress
 to make a leap into the dark;  to take the plunge;  to jump in at the deep end; (lit.) to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple
 Taiwanese person;  Taiwanese people
 globally;  on the global stage;  on a worldwide level
 clear weather after a typhoon has passed
 inspection by the empress or the crown prince
 performing solo;  having the stage to oneself;  being in sole command;  eclipsing (outshining) the others;  field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled)
 stage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.);  the limelight;  the big stage;  the big time
 adopting (novel, etc.) for the theatre (theater)
 Taiwanese (language);  Taiwanese Hokkien
 stage scenery;  set;  backdrop
 scenography;  scenic design;  set design;  stage design
 typhoon-strength (winds, etc.)
 tall building;  the cabinet
 Taiwan Expedition (punitive expedition by the Japanese military forces; 1874)
 formal opening of a new theater (theatre)
 float at a festival upon which one can dance
 visit by the empress or the crown prince
 small typhoon;  midget typhoon
 Japanese-Taiwanese;  Japan-Taiwan
 the typhoon Ginza;  the area (of Japan) where typhoons frequently pass
 relations between Taiwan and China
 televised broadcast of a stage performance
 blown-off roof Yamato-e painting technique;  depiction of a building without its roof to show the interior
 atmospheric depression originating in Taiwan
 Formosan sika;  Taiwan sika (Cervus nippon taiouanus)
 Taiwan Dog;  Formosan Mountain Dog
 intangible;  incorporeal;  by force;  outrageous;  making light of;  making fun of
 command of a shogun or a high official
 typhoon with severe wind (and little rain)
 Taiwanese vegetarian cuisine
 super typhoon (category 5 SSHS)
 influx of Taiwanese pop culture (into Japan)
 stray typhoon (i.e. one with an irregular path)
 rain-laden typhoon (with relatively weak wind)
 wrestling performed in the presence of the empress or crown prince
 Kuomintang (Taiwanese Nationalist Party)
 esoteric Buddhism of the Japanese Tendai sect
 Taiwanese tea (i.e. oolong)
 water yam (Dioscorea alata);  winged yam;  purple yam
 hair loss;  baldness;  alopecia
 Taiwanese squirrel (subspecies of Pallas's squirrel, Callosciurus erythraeus thaiwanensis)
 brown-throated martin (Riparia paludicola);  brown-throated sand martin
 paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis)
 Taiwanese habu (Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus)
 evergreen pear (Pyrus kawakamii)
 Formosan rock macaque (Macaca cyclopis);  Formosan rock monkey;  Taiwanese macaque
 true indigo (Indigofera tinctoria)
 blotched snakehead (Channa maculata)
 blue swimming crab (Portunus pelagicus);  flower crab;  blue manna crab