1. a romantic and usually physical relationship between two people
2. A strong positive feeling between a person and an idea or activity can also be called a love affair

（考えや活動に対して持つ強いポジティブな気持ちを指すんですね〜）

In the mid-1960s, he studied dance with Lindsay Kemp, a British performance and mime artist who was heavily influenced by the traditional kabuki style, with its exaggerated gestures, elaborate costumes, striking make-up, and “onnagata” actors – men playing female roles.

（1960年代半ば、彼はイギリス人のパフォーマーでパントマイム・アーティストのリンゼイ・ケンプにダンスを師事していた。リンゼイ・ケンプは、大げさな動きや精巧な衣装、派手なメイク、そして男性が女性役を演じる「女形」といった伝統的歌舞伎スタイルに強い影響を受けていた。）

Ms Thian says Bowie was also “absolutely the first” Western artist to employ the hayagawari – literally “quick change” – technique from kabuki, says Ms Thian, with unseen stagehands ripping off the dramatic cape on stage to reveal another outfit.

（〔ファッション歴史家のヘレン・〕シアンさんは、ボウイさんは「間違いなく最初に」早変わり — 文字通り「素早いチェンジ」– を採用した西洋アーティストでもあると語る。これも、黒子が舞台上で印象的な上着を引きはがし、別の衣装を露出するという歌舞伎のテクニックだ。）

Miu Sakamoto tweeted this picture of herself as a little girl shaking hands with the singer, saying she vaguely recalled meeting “a very beautiful man”.
“(He is) no more. A world in which David is not living still feels totally unreal.”