musical instrument; music; accompaniment instruments used in kabuki (excluding the shamisen)
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
drama; play; powerful drug
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
faction; branch; sect; denomination; branching off
triangular position; three-cornered contest
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
silence; stillness; quietness
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
special; particular; peculiar; unique
etc.; et cetera; and so on
discovery; detection; finding
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
(spun) silk thread; spun thread (wool, etc.)
spool (of thread); reel; bobbin; tuning peg
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
galvanized sheet iron (galvanised)
donation; contribution; offering
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
fellow countryman; compatriot; person from the same province; person from said country
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means