delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
at a moment's notice; readily
to gather; to collect; to assemble
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
item; something that one "just has to have"
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
at that time; in those days
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
miniaturization; miniaturisation; downsizing
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
corpuscle; minute particle; particulate
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination