thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
doctor's degree; doctorate; PhD
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
throughout; all through; right through
chief; main; principal; major
(common) millet (Panicum miliaceum); proso millet
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
rice cultivation; rice crop
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
instability; insecurity; crankiness
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
exports to Japan; exporting to Japan
export value; value of exports
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
presumption; assumption; estimation
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
gross national product; GNP
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)