settlement; permanent residency
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
pilgrimage; travelling around (by a monk)
while; during; while; although; all; both
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
historic; historical; traditional
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
horsemanship; equestrian art; (art of) riding
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
training (animals); breaking (animals)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
arts; crafts; handicrafts
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)
Japanese puppet theatre (theater); bunraku
puppet operator; puppet manipulator; puppeteer
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to become accustomed to calling (e.g. someone by a certain name)
talk; recital; narration; topic
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
theatre; theater; playhouse