jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
major incident; major happening; big scandal
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
appearance and disappearance
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
at any time; at any moment; when; at what moment
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
cooking; food preparation
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
food and alcohol offering to the gods
something white; snow; gray hair; grey hair
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
your company; your shrine
feeling elated; being excited; high spirits
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
eagle (Accipitridae family)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to take a breath; to take a short rest
Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)
to say as a tradition; to customarily say; to have a habit of saying
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment
to shake off; to throw off
south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto
emergency; unexpectedness
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
with this I (formal); by this I (formal)
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)