leaping through time; time travel
strange thing; odd thing; how absurd!; preposterous!
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
author; writer; novelist; artist
reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
high-grade sake; fine drink
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
vegetable; marijuana; cannabis
to face on; to look out on to
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
pillar of fire; blazing column
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
detour; diversion; alternative route
length and width; length and breadth; every direction; all directions; as one wishes; as one pleases
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
negative emotions; negative feelings
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base