bedridden; confined to bed
exaggerated; overblown; overdone
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
speculation; thinking; meditation
incorrect answer; wrong solution; incorrect interpretation
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
internal organ; viscera; gut
prudent; thoughtful; discreet
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
parroting back; repeating (another's words) like a parrot
comprehension; understanding
Pleiades (in Greek mythology); Pleiades; the Seven Sisters
with a clap-clap (e.g. of wooden clappers); (touching) lightly and repeatedly; (something small hopping) repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten
for use by children; for children
popular; well-liked; common; frequent; popular music; pop music
children's story; fairy tale
masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
hokora; small wayside shrine
miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
descendant; progeny; offspring
to join forces; to cooperate
matchless; peerless; unequaled; unequalled; unparalleled; unrivaled
The Three Unifiers (Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu)
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
the ways of the world; human nature
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
summary; recapitulation; aggregation
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping