gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
handheld game console; portable game console
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
rising; ascending; climbing
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
by means of; due to; because of; according to
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
ability; performance; efficiency
to become better; to improve
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
trend of the times; way things are going
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
company; corporation; workplace
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
survival; survivor; relic