(n,vs) maintenance
preservation
improvement
(P)
(n,vs) faith-healing
incantation
(n) private secretary
flunky
man Friday
(n) feeling
sensation
mood
(n) securing rights and profits
(n,vs) holding on to
sticking to
(P)
(n,vs) insistence (positive nuance)
persistence
strong-willed
(n,vs) defend and maintain
support
protection
(n) (1) parenthood
parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother)
(2) (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
(n,vs,adj-no) support
maintenance
(P)
(n,n-suf) (1) hold
charge
keep possession
in charge
(2) wear
durability
life
draw
(suf) (3) usage
(P)
(v5t) (1) to hold
to carry
(2) to possess
(P)
(n) one's (own) house
(n) strictly adhering to Buddhist precepts
(n,vs) endurance
persistence
(P)
(n) Go game resulting in tie or draw
(n) (1) unity
even matching
interdependence
(n) (2) steadiness (of market price)
holding
no change
(n,vs) bringing
taking
carrying
(P)
(n) (uk) topmouth gudgeon
stone moroko (Pseudorasbora parva)
(n) owner
proprietor
(n) one's cherished opinion
(n,vs) continuation
(P)
(n) chronic disease
(P)
(n) one's property
personal effects
(n) share (of expenses)
equity (in company)
holdings
interest (in company)
(n) inherent flavor
inherent flavour
distinctive characteristic
(n) one's usual medicine
(n) one's cherished opinion
pet theory
(P)
(n) serving a master
employee
(n) serving a master
employee