at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)
application; request; petition
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
progress; advance; making (good) progress
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of charge); freelance; independent; freelancer; one-size-fits-all; free skating
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
fee; charge; rate; material
outlining (e.g. font); hollowing out; getting rid of the middleman; dealing directly; skinning the cat (gymnastics); passing business to a subcontractor and collecting a kickback
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
three-digit number; hundreds column
despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time; no matter how long one waits
being open but having virtually no business
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
food expenses; cost of one's board
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
function; facility; faculty; feature
maintenance; preservation; improvement
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
border (between countries); national border
management of an organization; organizational management; organizational operation
a great variety of; diversity
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
pipe; tube; (tobacco) pipe; cigarette holder; go-between; intermediary
emerging market; emerging nation; emergent nation; developing country; developing nation
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
just a handful; only a small number (of)
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
of no concern at all; I couldn't care less; no skin off my nose
small number; few; minority