ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
at least; at most; (even) just
parental love; parental affection
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
freedom; free man; free woman
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
3rd day of the month; three days
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness
muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake
ditch; drain; gutter; gap (between cutting guides)
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all living creatures
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
to rise gradually; to rise slowly; to come up from below the stage (by being lifted up on the stage elevator)
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...