homecoming; return to one's home
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
academic study; academic research
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
famous (commercial) establishment; well-known store (shop, restaurant)
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
research; study; investigation
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
individual; private person; personal; natural person
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
putting on the market; putting on sale; making commercially available; commercial; off-the-shelf; store-bought
extermination of insect pests; pest control
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
monitor (device, software or person); monitoring; person who gives feedback on products, television programs, etc.; customer panel participant; (computer) monitor; display
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
reward; honorarium; remuneration
area; zone; district; quarter; section; limits
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to succeed; to bear fruit
in proportion to; according to; depending on
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade