possession; retention; maintenance
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
putting the blame on others; blaming others; (playing the) blame game
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
intelligence or information network
letting (someone) die without helping
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
large number (of); many; majority
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
affiliated company; affiliated business
(Internet) troll; disturber; raising havoc; laying waste; robbery; holdup
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to gather; to collect; to assemble
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated