Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor; insider
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
apologies for the crude food
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
questions and answers; dialogue
enumeration; citation; listing
sixth day of the month; six days
battle of wits; contest of wits
script; screenplay; scenario
mechanization; mechanisation; computerization
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
to establish; to formulate
approximate value; approximation
short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
independence of will or action; self-direction; autonomy; initiative; identity
increase in sophistication; enhancement of functionality; increase in speed; upgrading
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
throughput; processing power
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
opinion; point of view; visual point
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to lose one's footing; to slip
financier; business leader
world economy; international economy
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part