progress; advance; improvement; development
striking; remarkable; considerable
people; men and women; each person; everybody
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
to forget completely; to leave behind
reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
in the end; at the end of the day
inside one's heart; in one's mind
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
right in the center (centre)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
figure; form; figurine; model figure; figure skating
commencing with; including
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
way; method; means; resource; course
young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to shake; to sway; to waver
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to pitch forward; to fall forward
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops