increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
animal; beastly; carnal; sensual; brute
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
in one's own way or style
holding two or more positions concurrently
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
to fight against; to oppose; to face
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
self-torturing; masochistic
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
songwriting (words and music)
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence