enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
kagura; traditional Shinto music and dancing
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
optimism; taking an optimistic view
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
happy memory; sweet memory
musical composition; tune
entertainment district; amusement area; pleasure quarter; red-light district
human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure); feelings
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
final day of a performance; closing date; final show; final day of a tournament
string instrument; stringed instrument
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
amusement facilities; recreational facilities
easy-peasy; easy; simple; pleasant; comfortable; comfy
outing; excursion; pleasure trip; going on a picnic
to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on
tourist resort; holiday resort
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
wind music; wind instrument music
pleasure and pain; joys and sorrows
Western music; European music
light music; popular music
gagaku; ceremonial Japanese court music
to relax; to take it easy
optimist; easy-going person
music school; music academy; conservatory
Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati
wait until you actually see it
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
music; gagaku; ceremonial Japanese court music
place where music lessons are given; music class; music school
bunraku; Japanese puppet theatre (theater)
libertine; playboy; lazy person; hobbyist
the world of music; the music world
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
conservatory; conservatoire; music academy; music school; college of music
orchestra member; musician
music industry; music business
earthly paradise; heaven on earth
musical instrument store; music shop
lust killer; lust murderer
absolute heaven; sheer bliss
easy-peasy; easy; simple; pleasant; comfortable; comfy
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
murder for pleasure; lust murder
carnal pleasure; sensual pleasure
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
bird of paradise (Paradisaeidae family)
grey wall covering material (gray)
singing and dancing; song and dance
music for strings; string music
symphonic music; symphony
bugaku; court dance and music
online music distribution
kagura hall (at a shrine); sacred dance stage
party (esp. for children or the elderly); funfest
happy; cheerful; pleasant
college of music; school of music; music college
music director; musical director
ideal weather for an outing
dressing room; green room; backstage; inside story; confidential talk; hidden circumstances
chief court musician (ritsuryō system)
(idle pursuit of) pleasure
rebirth in paradise; peaceful death
prodigal son; wastrel son; son of loose morals
outdoor concert hall; band shell; bandstand
enjoying oneself with others
keyboard instrument; clavier
free markets and open guilds; way of sitting on the ground with the sole of both feet pressed together
Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century)
music theory; musical theory
genre of Heian-period Japanese court music (primarily consisting of gagaku-styled folk melodies)
traditional Japanese musical instrument
cattle or horse trader; good judge of horses or cattle
amusement program; amusement programme
kagura (esp. when performed at the imperial palace)
wind instrument orchestra; wind band; brass band
tourist; vacationer; vacationist; holidaymaker
gigaku (genre of masked drama-dance performance)
Arcadia, presided over by a virtuous king
Sukhavati; Amitabha's Pure Land; land of Perfect Bliss
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
electrophone; electronic musical instrument
having a weakness for fine clothes
free markets and open guilds; relaxed market place policy in the Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1573-1598)
theme; motif; melodic subject
Music Department (part of the Board of Ceremonies of the Imperial Household Agency)
popular entertainment; mass entertainment; public amusement
cloud of ashes (caused by pouring water on a fire)
(online) music distribution service; music streaming service
Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
pleasures of a pious life; entertainment for or dedicated to a deity or Buddha; pastime; entertainment; free admission
womanizing; debauchery; philandering
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh
music for strings; string music
celebrated musician; master musician
grand kagura performance at Ise; type of performance including the lion dance and juggling; Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia)
kagura hall (at a shrine)
modern music; contemporary music
happy-go-lucky fellow; easygoing and indifferent person; pococurante
kagura performance held somewhere other than the imperial palace
entertaining movie; entertaining film
program music; programme music
philharmonic society; society of the friends of music
compositional rules; musical grammar
freedom from one's desires (entry into Nirvana) is true bliss
piece of instrumental music
magazine for amusement; entertainment magazine
happy-go-lucky fellow; easygoing and indifferent person; pococurante
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
string instrument; stringed instrument
golf club (used to hit the ball); golf club (organisation)
top spinning; playing with a spinning top
grand kagura performance at Ise; type of performance including the lion dance and juggling; Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia)
Kunitachi College of Music
wind and string instruments
shoptalk; matters incomprehensible to outsiders; inside joke; private joke
fun school (usu. involving experiential learning in the outdoors)
Indian song and dance (introduced to Japan by the Chams in approx. 736 CE)
heaven of enjoying emanations; one of the six heavens of the desire realm
indulging in pleasure; giving oneself up to enjoyment
government office in charge of court music (ritsuryō period)
professional dengaku performer (usu. appearing as a monk)
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
Japan Association of Music Enterprises
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
optimistic view of life; optimism
work done for enjoyment (as a diversion); dilettante work
after pleasure comes pain; there is no pleasure without pain; there is no rose without a thorn; take the good with the bad
raku ware; hand-moulded, lead glazed earthenware pottery fired at low temperatures, esp. used in tea ceremony (molded)
seeking after (Buddhist teachings, etc.); wanting; desiring; (arch.) loving
first assistant court musician (ritsuryō system)
Tang-era Chinese music; tōgaku; style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period)
libertine; playboy; lazy person; hobbyist
Ancient Chinese banquet music
Chinese coinage produced during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (used in Japan from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period)
music of the classical period
raku ware; hand-moulded, lead glazed earthenware pottery fired at low temperatures, esp. used in tea ceremony (molded)
happy-go-lucky fellow; easygoing and indifferent person; pococurante
comfortable rest or sleep
carnal pleasure; sensual pleasure
prodigal daughter; daughter of loose morals
Cakrasamvara; Samvara; Supreme Bliss (tantric Buddhist deity)
inside story; confidential talk
Musashino Academia Musicae
(musical) instrumentalist
pastime; entertainment; amusement; pleasure
mask worn by a bugaku dancer
electric musical instrument; electrical instrument
Japanese classical musical instruments
hand-moulded earthenware teacup
amusement quarter; entertainment zone
church music; sacred music
(idle pursuit of) pleasure
kagura flute (six-holed horizontal flute)
love of fine clothing; weakness for fine clothes; being extravagant in clothing
gagaku training place (Heian era); place for playing instruments
worrying before one's people worry, enjoying oneself only after one's people have enjoyed themselves (a precept to be observed by a ruler)
self-playing musical instrument (e.g. music box, player piano)
skewered pieces of tofu baked and coated with miso
no pain, no gain; no cross, no crown
popular music; common people's music (as opposed to court music)
Music Bureau (Han dynasty; government office responsible for collecting folk songs); yuefu (genre of Chinese poetry composed in a folk song style)
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
spinning top (traditionally made of Japanese Babylon shell)
Etenraku (Japanese court music composition)
Ancient Chinese banquet music
Etenraku (Japanese court music composition)
Senzoku Gakuen College of Music
final day of a performance; closing date; final show; final day of a tournament
easy subject; (university) course that anyone can pass; easy A
music performed by women; women who performed court Bugaku music and dance
seeing is enjoying; looking doesn't cost a thing
The Federation of Music Producers Japan
there is nothing better than sleeping
dating club; club providing a paid dating service to its members
second assistant court musician (ritsuryō system)
Japan Society for Contemporary Music; JSCM
new music; shingaku (post-Tang dynasty gagaku piece)
heaven of enjoying emanations; one of the six heavens of the desire realm
literary club; literature club
pleasant circumstances; enjoyable matter
grand kagura performance at Ise
taros flavoured with miso and grilled on skewers; parent-child incest
happy-go-lucky fellow; easygoing and indifferent person; pococurante
bird of paradise flower; Strelitzia reginae
to amuse; to delight; to entertain; to please; to regale; to give someone a good time
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
skewered fish (or vegetables, etc.) coated with miso and cooked
Qing-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 19th century)
plucked string instrument
Ming and Qing-era Chinese music (as popularized in Japan before the First Sino-Japanese war)
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
final day of a performance; closing date; final show; final day of a tournament
decorative portable shrine; float used in festivals
something appearing from a place one wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; (lit.) a horse from a gourd; something impossible; something ridiculous
something appearing from a place one wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; (lit.) a horse from a gourd; something impossible; something ridiculous
Shigaraki Kōgen Railway Co.
Shigaraki Kōgen Railway Co.
grand kagura performance at Ise; type of performance including the lion dance and juggling; Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia)
seniors club; old people's club
yacht club; yachting club
danjiri festival; cart-pulling festival
after pleasure comes pain; there is no pleasure without pain; there is no rose without a thorn; take the good with the bad
bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus)
no pain, no gain; no cross, no crown
there is nothing better than sleeping
skewered fish (or vegetables, etc.) coated with miso and cooked
grand kagura performance at Ise
grand kagura performance at Ise
grand kagura performance at Ise
happy-go-lucky fellow; easygoing and indifferent person; pococurante
happy-go-lucky fellow; easygoing and indifferent person; pococurante
plucked string instrument
metre or rhythm in Chinese and Japanese traditional music
music in the Korean court
manzai (comic dialogue) accompanied by music
old Japanese court music from the Nara period
old Japanese court music from the Nara period
a life given up to pleasure; pleasure-seeking lifestyle
companion in one's pleasures; companion in hobby activities
one cannot have pleasure without pain; no pain, no gain
there's no pain without pleasure, and there's no pleasure without pain
there's no pain without pleasure, and there's no pleasure without pain
(arch.) device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku tofu on both sides
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
kagurajishi camellia (Camellia japonica var.)
don't believe everything you hear; (lit.) what is a paradise on hearsay may be a hell at sight
Flemish school (of music)
ancient type of koto with 13 strings used in Gagaku music
ancient type of koto with 13 strings used in Gagaku music
a Buddha or Bodhisattva taking away suffering and conferring peace
happiness and comfort; happiness and peace
words used to describe tempo, dynamics, etc. in music; musical terminology
rapid growth of hair when one is relaxed
rapid growth of hair when one is relaxed
carefree person; person living at his ease
form of gagaku performed while marching
cardboard spinning top, shaped and coloured like a flower
journal club (gathering to discuss recent papers or articles from academic journals)
bowed stringed instrument
bowed stringed instrument
faith is best in moderation; (lit.) worship too hard and you will pass right through paradise
musical accompaniment and sound effects (esp. in kabuki)
large 4-stringed biwa used in gagaku
delighting in the misfortune of others
he who has never toiled, does not know what it is to enjoy repose
alternate assistant court musician (ritsuryō system)
professional organization of sarugaku performers
pleasure center; reward center
to seem to enjoy; to appear to be having fun; to find enjoyable
hedonic adaptation; hedonic treadmill
National Music Publishers' Association; NMPA
Rakuten; Rakuten (Japanese Internet and information conglomerate)
Federation of International Musicians
International Musicological Society
International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres; IAML
International Society for Contemporary Music; ISCM
Jeunesses Musicales du Japan
Musicological Society of Japan; MSJ
Japanese Music Education Society; JMES
Japanese Society for Music Perception and Cognition; JSMPC
Japan Music Education Association
Paradise Lost (poem by Milton)
Ein Musikalischer Spaß (Mozart); A Musical Joke
Elisabeth University of Music
Yongle Encyclopedia (Ming dynasty)
Toho Junior College of Music
Paradise Regained (poem by Milton)
barcheek goby (Rhinogobius giurinus)
blue honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea var. emphyllocalyx)
Lonicera gracilipes (species of honeysuckle)
lesser great leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros turpis); lesser roundleaf bat; lesser leaf-nosed bat