world conquest; world domination; taking over the world
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
person who is genuinely gay (i.e. not pretending)
creator; inventor; developer
withdrawal symptoms; abstinence syndrome
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
difficult to ...; hard to ...
current issues; current topics
extensive; vast range; wide scope
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
shyness; bashfulness; shame
to overflow from something full
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
I can relate (to that); that happens to me as well; that's all too familiar to me; something often encountered or experienced; something many people can relate to; all-too-familiar story
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
a married woman's paramour; lover
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
real hair; one's own hair