instability; insecurity; crankiness
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
battlefield; battleground
to consider (all the circumstances); to bear (a number of things) in mind
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
cavity; hollow; cave; hollow
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
one or two; a few; small number
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
collateral family; subsidiary line; affiliate; coset
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
audience with someone of high rank (e.g. the emperor)
each time; every time; thank you for your continued patronage; thank you for your support; hello; I'm coming in
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
male; man; excellence; greatness; best (of)
marquis; second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility; daimyo
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
greedy; grasping; tightfisted; predatory (e.g. business); calculating; avaricious
stubbornness; pigheaded person; miser
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
general situation; general trend; general tendency; large majority (of a group, faction, etc.); majority group
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
classification by colour; sorting by color; color-coding; classification; sorting; grouping
social life; social intercourse
cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination