Japanese Body Language - 頭にくる

April 16, 2008 - 7:45 am by Bill Belew in Others  

Japanese Body Langauge -
頭にくる[あたまにくる, atama ni kuru] be angry; become angry; get seriously pissed
Despite all the mild manners, good naturedness, polite demeanor, to be sure, the Japanese get angry just like the rest of us.
And when they do, whatever it was that got to them, got to their head.
kuru [...]

Japanese Body Language - 頭におく

April 15, 2008 - 7:42 am by Bill Belew in Culture  

Japanese Body Language -
頭におく[あたまにおく, atama ni oku] take under consideration
oku is to place or put.
If you need to give something some thought, what better thing is there to do than to put it in your head.
Stick it in your mind to mull on later. 
Set it on the shelf in [...]