planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
leader; central personage
person who has rendered distinguished service
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
final game; final games; the finals
argument; dispute; controversy
(written) work; book; writings
to state; to express; to mention
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
to be the ruin of (a person)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
equality; impartiality; evenness
nonexpansion; localization; localisation; nonaggravation
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
adherent; devotee; believer
acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
heaven and earth; top and bottom
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to incorporate; to work into; to insert
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
is something that; is that which
power; authority; influence
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour