actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
country; territory; domain; realm
distinction; differentiation; classification
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
simply put; putting it simply; in short
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
reality; actuality; hard fact
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
progress; advance; improvement; development
industrialization; industrialisation; establishing a production system; putting something into production