time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
door; gate; opening; title page
hello; good day; good afternoon
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
synthesized voice; synthesized speech
fluent (in a language); flowing
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
settlement; solution; resolution
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
last century; ancient times
environmental problem; environmental issue
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
rising; ascending; climbing
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
crops; agricultural produce
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
10,000,000,000; ten billion
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten