to distinguish oneself; to stand out
concealment; suppression; hiding
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
motive power; driving force
ability to get things done
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
enmity; antagonism; hostility
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
(police) detective; criminal matter
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
underworld; underside of society
bare livelihood; subsistence
business; trade; operations; sales
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
time axis; time basis; timeline
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
complete lie; outright lie
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
(a place) out of one's reach
to challenge (a person) to a fight
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
one by one; one at a time; in turn
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage