Vocabulary

orchestra pit

running, hitting and fielding

on timer (i.e. to automatically turn an electrical device on at a certain time)

off timer (i.e. to automatically turn an electrical device off at a certain time)

on-off timer (i.e. to automatically turn an electrical device on and off at specified times)

transcript of results (esp. student grades); report of results

person who has recently entered the workforce (after completing education); new working adult

photoionization

photoionization

kabuki play; kabuki drama

kabuki play; kabuki drama

kabuki dance

house playwright (of kabuki)

kyogen performer

December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

discrete kyogen (performed between two noh plays)

kyogen interlude; short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play)

kyogen performer; comic actor

early kabuki dance

young men's kabuki

Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

Okuni kabuki; progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period)

harlots' kabuki; prostitutes' kabuki

kabuki play

simple scripted play (without music, dance, etc.)

season's tidings; seasonal letter

mild late autumn day (around November); mild late fall day

window with an ultra-fine lattice (often on upper floors of traditional buildings, e.g. Kyoto townhouses)

small statue of Shōki the Plague-Queller (placed on the overhang of traditional houses in parts of Kyoto and Nara)

small roof (e.g. over the first storey of a building, a window, an attached shed or veranda, etc.); overhang

main roof; housetop

folding bench at the front of traditional townhouses

folding bench at the front of traditional townhouses

shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color

traditional Chinese cold remedy (a medical powder with antipyretic and diaphoretic effects)

ultra-fine lattice

Ma Gu; legendary Taoist immortal with long talon-like fingernails

perfect fairness

perfect correctness