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Golf

grain (of the grass)

shibai-e; kabuki-e; kabuki ukiyo-e print

scout hidden in the fields (during the Sengoku period)

small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre

little performance; short acted scene; act; routine; skit

trick; act

kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

monkey show

Idiomatic expression

bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance; farce; clumsy subterfuge

one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama

large-scale play; play with an A-list cast

big act; big charade; false display

Historical term

theatre with a government licence (Edo period)

puppet show

farce; low comedy

artificial grass (lawn)

Proverb

the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

provincial theatrical performance

amateur theatricals; amateur dramatic performance

withered lawn; dry turf

kabuki play

play put on in a village; play put on by villagers

Proverb

the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

bracket fungus (Ganoderma lucidum); reishi mushroom

roadside grass; roadside weeds

guidance (sometimes esp. referring to guidance in love); guidepost; guide

Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides)

Korean lawn grass

low-class kabuki theater; low-class play

southern crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris)