Vocabulary

photoionization

photoionization

to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes

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

more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)

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

charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all

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

true character; true heart; true spirit

exposure

measuring pipette; measuring pipet

volumetric flask; measuring flask