太

round timber

beating of a drum as a signal to announce the opening (beginning) of an event (theatrical performance, festival, etc.)

fat

very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash

great grey owl (Strix nebulosa)

generous; big-hearted; broad-minded; magnanimous

Sumo

drums which announce the opening of a stage performance or commencement of bouts; the sound produced by such drums

Sumo

drumming in the streets to announce a tournament

announcing an event by walking around in the streets beating a drum; drum used to announce an event by walking around in the streets

sea basses; groupers

(clothes which) make one look fat

chubby; slightly overweight

circum-Pacific volcanic belt; Ring of Fire

peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful

wooden transport ship used on Lake Biwa

vessel made from logs, e.g. large dugout canoe

sevenband grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus septemfasciatus); convict grouper

pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha); humpback salmon

prospering after a fire

short and fat; pudgy; stocky

high-ranking noh actor; head of a noh school

redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)

dadaiko drum; large drum used for outdoor bugaku and gagaku performances

thicker towards the end; club-shaped

circum-Pacific orogeny

Idiomatic expression

the world is at peace; bows in bags and swords in sheaths