number of persons; personnel
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
on the occasion of; at the time of
preference; priority; precedence
to order; to command; to appoint
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
flashiness; showiness; brilliance; bloom; flowers
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
lower branch (of an organization); subordinate organization; substructure
fraudulent business of selling goods by claiming they will bring supernatural benefits
to play a leading role; to play a central part
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
amount of money; sum of money
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
about; concerning; related to; -ish
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
printout; (computer) printing
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
illegal; illicit; unlawful
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
hostess (in a hostess bar)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool