this is why; this means; it is the case that
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
great writer; major writer
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
innumerable; countless; numberless
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to feel attracted by; to be fascinated by
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
24 hours; twenty-four hours
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
ultimate; final; last; eventual
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
about when; about what time; how soon
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes