candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
creek; waterway (including irrigation or drainage canal)
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
underling; loser; low-ranking samurai
pale; pallid; bluish-white
sea slug (various orthogastropod species, esp. of order Nudibranchia); nudibranch
pointing out; identification
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to read (extra meaning) into (something); to take (future changes) into consideration; to load (data); to read
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
foot technique (in judo, sumo wrestling, etc.); footwork; tricks performed with the feet
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly; very; absolutely; by far
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
to threaten; to intimidate
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
(another person's) nephew
chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system
now that; since; as long as; provided that
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
several hours; a few hours