dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
director (of a film, play, etc.)
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
performance (e.g. music, dance, drama); something done (just) for show; theatre; performance (of a computer, car, investment, etc.)
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
one's history as a performer
general election (of the lower house); fan popularity voting (esp. for idols); popularity contest
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
town; city; municipal; urban
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
to intend; to be sure that
play equipment; playground equipment
park (public, amusement, etc.); parking
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
watching while standing (e.g. a play)
opening; start; opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.)
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
(The Story of) Anchin & Kiyohime; The Hidaka River Legend
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
Ōshū (alternative name of the former Mutsu province)