measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
Isaiah (book of the Bible)
sacred books; sutras; scriptures; Bible
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to be surprised; to be astonished
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...