spotlight; close observation
kabuki; traditional form of drama and music performed by male actors wearing makeup mainly in white and red
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
two (long cylindrical things)
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
the West; the Occident; Western countries
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
to rise gradually; to rise slowly; to come up from below the stage (by being lifted up on the stage elevator)
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.)
star (actor, athlete, etc.); celebrity; star (symbol); asterisk; (celestial) star
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
high (spirits); euphoric; intoxicated; high
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)