head; brains; intelligence
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
major incident; major happening; big scandal
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
if so; in that case; in that situation
time axis; time basis; timeline
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
riskiness; (level of) danger
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
unique; peculiar; singular
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to accrete; to become whole; to come together
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
time travel; leaping through time
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)