(music) variation (a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme)

chorus

(music) those pieces of traditional Japanese music composed primarily for the 尺八 (shakuhachi) flute, but also including the 胡弓(こきゅう) (kokyū, “Japanese bowed lute with three or four strings”), and the 琴(こと) (koto)

(idiomatic, proverb) be quick on the uptake, understand the whole situation from just a few clues

(informal) the lady doth protest too much; a girl's protests should not necessarily be taken at face value.

one has not lived in vain if he dies after he is told of the true path