Vocabulary

prank; joke

restricting and controlling

one's predestined length of life

lie; fib; falsehood; untruth

lantern with a silk cloth-covered frame

leading female role actor (in kabuki)

Kyoto's children

Kyoto's children

broad leaf

unamiability

fireplace or hearth dug into the ground or floor

sunken hearth; sunken fireplace

burning wood

normal conversation

drain and pool for collecting sewage, etc.

main branch of a family

desperation; despair

desperation; despair

night-soil man; night-soil woman

woman who played music, danced and worked as a prostitute; good-time girl

prostitute and entertainer

prostitute and entertainer

employer (esp. of a geisha, prostitute, etc.); master; mistress

employer (esp. of a geisha, prostitute, etc.); master; mistress

becoming a geisha (of a geisha apprentice)

Kanze style; Kanze school of noh

high-ranking noh actor; head of a noh school

male entertainer

female entertainer; geisha

(untalented) geisha who sells sex

kimono with completely attached sleeves (i.e. lacking an opening on the side under the armpit)

liquid face-whitening makeup

geisha from the Fukagawa red-light district in Edo

geisha from the Fukagawa red light district in Edo (Edo period)

skirt (of a kimono); hem (of a kimono)

left skirt of a kimono

type of jōruri narrative performance

wandering prostitute

prostitute; geisha

maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)