ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
chain reaction; nuclear chain reaction
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
overlapping; piling; stacking
antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
battlefield; battleground
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
town; city; municipal; urban
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
real experience; actual observations
fear; dread; fright; willies
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
largest class; top category
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
one; same (mind, path, etc.)
secrecy; highly classified information
study; research; investigation