under the control (of); under the dominion (of)
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1724)
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
to manipulate puppets; to pull wires
mole; lentigo; beauty mark; beauty spot
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
similar but different; alike only in appearance; falsely similar; spurious; sham; pseudo-
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
talk; recital; narration; topic
command of English; proficiency in English; knowledge of English
nice person; good-natured person
with these words; while saying
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
men and women of all ages
being drawn to many things; distraction; difficulty of choice; difficulty in choosing; being unable to decide
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
whereabouts; what part; how much; what point
southernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
fourth rank; fourth class; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar; Denmark
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
bored; having nothing to do; idle
separates; things forming units by themselves (esp. women's outer garments, e.g. skirt and jumper); two-piece bathing suit
limbs; arms and legs; body
to drain the water; to lose the water; to squeeze out the water
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
complexion; colour; color; blood red