as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to hide from society; to avoid the gaze of society; to keep out of the public eye
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
in high spirits; excited; energetic
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
epidermis; cuticle; bark; epidermis; facade
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
interior; inside; internal
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
to begin shooting; to shoot out
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
signature pose; trademark pose
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant