drama; theatre; theater; play
PEN club; club for poets, play-wrights, essayists, editors, novelists
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (awarded for scholarly or artistic achievement)
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
association; society; organization; organisation
Shiga Nobuo (1929.10.23-)
best (highest) record; new record
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
(written) work; book; writings
memories; recollections; reminiscence
study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)
visiting professor; guest professor
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
spring water; clear (pure) water
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
writing down what one hears; account of what one hears
column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings
travel writing; travel piece; traveller's journal; traveler's journal
public holiday; celebration (of)
Ichikawa Ennosuke (1939.12-)
succession to another's professional name
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
joint authorship; co-authorship; collaboration; joint work
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
eternity; permanence; perpetuity
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
gathering of talented people; group of geniuses
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence