someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
reality; actuality; hard fact
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to make up the number; to have a complete set of
to walk (a bicycle, scooter, etc.); to push; to wheel
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
depending on the situation; depending on circumstances
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
match; game; bout; contest
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
in one's own way or style
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something