Vocabulary

flute-player seating area (noh), behind upstage left

small wooden door at the rear of a noh stage

downstage left (in noh), where the secondary actor is often seated

downstage center

covered bridge passageway connecting the backstage (mirror room) to the noh stage

back-right corner of rear stage (area behind main noh stage); stage attendant's spot

place on bridge passageway next to the rear of a noh stage (where the interlude kyogen actors wait)

organochlorine compound

organochlorine compound

stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage

war experience; experience of war; memories of war

side seating (to stage right in noh)

Kanemi rice oil disease (of 1968); Kanemi oil PCB poisoning

corner seating (noh), facing the corner pillar

Kanemi rice oil disease incident (of 1968)

audience seating (noh theater)

closest pine-tree to a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)

middle pine tree to a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)

furthest pine tree from a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)

room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); mirror room

entrance curtain

organic base

organochlorine

drought damage

flood damage

free nation

variety show (on TV or radio)

care for the aged; elderly care; aged care

departure; outgoing flight; departing flight

amount financed; loan amount

salt removal; desalination

fully raising the curtain when an actor enters or exits

damage to property

inflexible people; heartless people; Buddhist images of wood, metal, and stone

general instrumentation

wholesale business; wholesale trade

flow system

exceptional measures; measures for exceptional cases; preferential measure

bus company; bus line

medical treatment at one's own expense; treatment not covered by health insurance