duty; function; office; mission; task
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
long-established; old-established; traditional
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
coastal waters; adjacent seas
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
book; volume; this; present; main; head
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to come and go; to go back and forth
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
fishing industry; fishery
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
never ceasing; never ending; endless
in order to be(come)...; since it amounts to...; since it is advantageous to...