御伽噺[otogibanashi] fairy-tale
仕形噺[shikatabanashi] talking with gestures
人情噺[ninjoubanashi] love story

噺家[hanashika] professional comic (rakugo) storyteller
辻噺[tsujibanashi] stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money
三題噺[sandaibanashi] performing a rakugo story on the spot based on three topics given by the audience

一念発起[ichinenhokki] being resolved to (do something)
引き起す[hikiokosu] to cause
縁起[engi] omen
喚起[kanki] arousal
起きる[okiru] to get up

起上る[okiagaru] to rise
起す[okosu] to raise
起こり得る[okoriuru] to be possible to occur
起る[okoru] to occur
起つ[tatsu] to rise up