progress; advance; improvement; development
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
genuine article; real thing; real deal
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to be transparent; to show through
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
aestheticism; pursuit of beauty; obsession with beautiful things
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
though one didn't intend (expect) to
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
suspicion (of others); jealousy
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification