maintenance; preservation; improvement
chip; microchip; chip (in poker, roulette, etc.); casino token; chip (shot); (wood) chip
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
small change; coins; small sum of money
to deliver; to hand over; to transfer
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to take (be in) charge of
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
that's a different matter; that's a different story
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
Japan and Britain; Japanese-British; Anglo-Japanese; Japanese-English (translation, interpretation, etc.)
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to throw oneself down; to lie down
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell