gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
right side; style of Japanese court music
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix; base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.); type; kind
in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house
opening fully; full throttle; full power
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
plump; with a thud; heavily
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
place; position; location; position; standing; status
retention; maintenance; preservation
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
sedimentation (e.g. of red blood cells); precipitation; settling; subsidence (e.g. of land); sinking; submerging
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
seashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
not worth considering; out of the question
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
on the water; aquatic; waterside; water's edge
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
electrically powered; electric
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
with a whack; with a thump; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; vacantly; blankly