effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to thrust before; to thrust at
maintenance; preservation; improvement
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
two times; twice; two degrees
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
staying the night; lodging (at)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
bureau director; office chief
one's wife; wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
nugget (e.g. gold, chicken, fish)
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
all present; all concerned; all of us
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to be in sight (e.g. a resolution); to have a clear idea; to have bright prospects
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time