legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
one large ...; a great ...
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
discovery; detection; finding
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
the Industrial Revolution
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
mechanization; mechanisation; computerization
gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
surroundings; environs; circumference
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling