depending on; dependent on
progress; advance; improvement; development
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
realism; depicting realistically; representing accurately
connection; relation; linkage
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
arbitrariness; self-will; whim
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
that is to say; so that means
one machine; one aircraft; one life
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
Asuka period (550-710 CE)
representative; exemplary; model
engraver; carver; sculptor
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
sincere; honest; faithful
obedience; submission; resignation
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
absolute obedience; complete submission
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
tension; mental strain; nervousness