beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
international law; law of nations
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
fortune-telling; divination
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
practical effect; efficacy; efficiency
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
mechanism; organization; organisation
transfer; assignment; conveyance
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
possession; retention; maintenance
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
settlement; permanent residency