unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
likability; favorability; popularity
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
rag; old cloth; tattered clothes; ragged clothes; fault (one is trying to hide); defect
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
to travel; to take a trip; to make a journey
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
the way one works; one's working manner
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
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
with a collapse; with a slump
to fall on one's backside; to land on one's rear
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
to express (in words); to confess
in name only; titular; nominal
things at hand; personal belongings
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
bonus; bounty; reward; compensation
legal; lawful; legitimate
to make a success in life
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
heavy blow; major blow; severe blow; serious damage
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
feeling a sudden chill; feeling a shiver; feeling sudden surprise (fright, horror, etc.); shuddering
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
to rise gradually; to rise slowly; to come up from below the stage (by being lifted up on the stage elevator)
person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person; bumpkin; hick