excellent article; fine item; rare beauty; masterpiece; gem
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
individual; private person; personal; private
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
(social) position; status
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
document; official papers
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
than; from; out of; except; but; more
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to hand over; to surrender
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...