rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
Jugemu (Japanese folktale)
kalpa (eon, aeon); ko (in go); position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones
entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall
merrymaking; high jinks; drunken revelry; spree
wandering; jobless; unemployed
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision
spreading out like an open fan; becoming prosperous; folding fan; ceremonial folding fan
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
to feign ignorance; to play dumb
1000 ri; (a) long distance
person of culture; cultured person
clasp; latch; catch; fastener
check (pattern); ichimatsu doll
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
colour usage; color usage; use of colour
raising and lowering; praising and blaming; modulation
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams
puppet operator; puppet manipulator; puppeteer
chasing out ogres; exterminating ogres
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
unpopular (with); out of favour (with); badly received
tearjerker; sob story; maudlin tale