looking or acting as if one owned the place
to face on; to look out on to
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
ability; capability; skill
a place or opportunity to make a display of
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to happen to hear; to overhear
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
straight-laced person; stubborn person
bribe; sweetener; douceur
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
suspicious-looking; fishy
being quick-eared; having sharp ears; being first to know about something
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to be dampened; to be discouraged; to be weakened; to be reduced
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
agreement; stipulation; contract
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
intelligence gathering; information gathering
that's the way it is; such is life
probability; likelihood; chances
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
in detail; with great care; completely; fully