large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrograde motion
belief that everything can be explained by science; scientism
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
entropy; entropy (information theory)
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
thereupon; shortly thereafter
people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
becoming old; grain or plant harvested more than a year ago
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
as you see; as you can see
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
decline; fall; decay; withering
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
systematization; systematisation; organization; organisation
modernization; modernisation
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
spirit of the age; zeitgeist
certainly; really; truly; possibly; maybe; perhaps
excellent idea; great insight; clearsightedness; penetration; wisdom
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
environmental problem; environmental issue