外部からの圧力がますます強くなってきている。

the outside; external

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

pressure; stress; coercion; arm-twisting

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

tough; stiff; hard; inflexible; obstinate; stubborn

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...