someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
early (days); initial stage; initial
three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
beating (inflicted as punishment); mob violence; mob justice
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
neighboring villages; neighbouring villages; suburban districts
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
volume retailer; mass marketer; emporium
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope