maiko; apprentice geisha (in Kyoto)
female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
dancer (esp. a bugaku dancer)
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; dealing (a hit); striking (a blow)
lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume
to dance; to perform a dance
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
clothes worn in traditional Japanese dance; costume worn by goddesses and dragon girls
(monetary) present to a person in distress; condolence money; gift of money in token of one's sympathy; solatium
visitor to a sick or distressed person; hospital visitor; inquirer
court music pavilion in a Shinto shrine; kagura hall
hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)
shrine maiden's ceremonial dance (in kagura)
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
style of recitative dance popular during the Muromachi period (often with a military theme)
get-well card (gift, letter); visit to a sick person; inquiry after a sick person
movements; bearing; deportment; carriage; behavior; behaviour
movements; bearing; deportment; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
dancing figure; one's appearance when dancing; dancing posture
dressing oneself (e.g. to go out); outfitting oneself
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
laths; bamboo lathing; short kyogen dance, danced to chanted accompaniment
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)
finishing up (a job); selling out; buying up
early closing; finishing (work) early
post-fire visit to express sympathy; expressing one's sympathy after a fire
dance done by two persons or more
sake offered to someone; treat of sake
to flutter down (of leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
visit to soldiers at the front (in support); gift given to soldiers on the battefield; visit to someone hard at work (in support); gift given to someone working hard (e.g. food)
summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
bath taken after everyone else (in the family)
court dance performed by children
in the end; finally; after all; ultimately
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
dragon dance (in Chinese culture)
dance where a female dancer dresses up as a man (late Heian to early Kamakura period); noh dance performed by a man without a mask
dancing together in unison (in noh, kyogen, etc.)
dance performed by a single person
to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)
to fly up (as if dancing); to soar; to rise
to express one's deepest sympathies
kanji "dancing legs" radical (radical 136)
settlement; winding or straightening up
pump drill; bowdrill; bow drill
variety of court dance (Nara period)
clearing of accounts; evening-up of accounts; liquidation
late-summer greeting card (sent from about August 8 onward)
(being so overjoyed that) one cannot help but dance; unable to contain one's excitement; jumping for joy; (arch.) being in such a panic that one doesn't know what to do; (arch.) being completely flustered
winter greeting card; inquiring after someone's health in the cold season
summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
condolence allowance due to natural disasters; disaster relief money
congratulatory and condolence allowances; cash gifts for congratulatory or condolence purposes
royal treatment; entertain someone extravagantly
type of informal noh musical performance
hard work gone unnoticed; thankless task; (lit.) a dance under a veranda; off-stage dance that used to be performed on the 22th of the 2nd month in the lunar calendar in Osaka's Tennōji temple
building relocation (without disassembly); house relocation
water left in buckets on the roadside during the summer for travellers
waterproofing (of a building); flashing; weathering
seasonal feast; New Year feast
aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor dances
dance recital praising Buddha, which accompanies the recital of a gatha (in the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism)
being entertained by a maiko (geisha apprentice)
Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
telegraph plant (Codariocalyx motorius); semaphore plant; dancing plant
gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar); spongy moth
tail end; tailender; last person (to arrive, finish etc.); dead last
Euhadra peliomphala (species of land snail)
snakeberry (Maianthemum dilatatum); two-leaved Solomon's seal; false lily of the valley
umbrella polypore (Polyporus umbellatus)
visiting sufferers after a flood