increase in population; population growth
prior investment; upfront investment
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
factory; plant; mill; workshop
appreciation of the yen; strong yen; strengthening of the yen; high-valued yen; exchange in favor of the yen (favour)
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
environmental problem; environmental issue
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
in this way; thus; such; uh...
next generation; future generation
electricity supply network; transmission network; power grid
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
indirection; indirectness
action of making something; -ification
to peak (at a given time or given group); to approach the peak; to come to a peak
annual rate (of interest)
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
convenience; user-friendliness
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
all-electric (e.g. heating)
very likely; very probable
correlation; interrelation
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
electric vehicle; EV; elevator; enterprise value; EV; embedded value
(for) household use; home use; domestic use
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest