kendama; Japanese bilboquet (cup-and-ball game)
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
autumn zephyrlily (Zephyranthes candida); white rain lily; strings of beads hanging across a doorway; bead screen
comic performance in which a face is drawn on the bare belly and the performer dances to animate it; belly dance performed as a party trick
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
something wrapped in a furoshiki
inconspicuous; unobtrusive; low-profile
curse; spell; malediction
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play; shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage
rakugo research society; rakugo research club
small (token of one's gratitude, etc.); little (something by way of thanks); mere (trifle)
to dart around (of one's eyes); to be shifty
(I) found it; (I) found you
back (of a chair); backrest
to peel (roughly); to tear off; to rip off
to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
someone; a certain person
to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude
a certain someone; you-know-who
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
deep affection; dear; beloved
professor; teaching; instruction
arrangement (of music); adaptation (of a story, recipe, etc.); interpretation; arranging (objects, a meeting, etc.); organization
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
pencil case; pen case; writing case; brush case
doer; performer; shite; protagonist; speculator
name of a piece of music; (musical) number; (musical) program; programme; selection (of music)
each time it happens; at all such times