steamship; steamboat; steamer
transportation network; transport network; traffic network
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
increase in speed; acceleration
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
liquidity (esp. financial); fluidity; mobility (social, job, etc.)
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
rising; ascending; climbing
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
here and there; everywhere
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
lumping together; putting all together
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
modern convenience; convenience of civilized life; blessings of civilization
clicking; clopping; clacking
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
sex; sexual intercourse; (one's) sex; gender
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
medicine; medical art; medical skills
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
miscarriage; (spontaneous) abortion; abortive birth
womb; uterus; parent body; base; basis
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
bacterium; bacteria; germ
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
research; study; investigation
life expectancy (at birth); average life span; mean lifetime