well-known only to those in the know; well-known but to the few; well-known to a connoisseur
material; materials; data; information; documents
whispering into a person's ear
participant; entrant; player; competitor
confections; sweets; candy; cake
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
neglecting; leaving alone
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
to say; to be pleased to say
modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain
husband and wife; married couple
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
one's post; place of work; workplace
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to worry (about); to be concerned (about); to have trouble doing ...; to struggle to ...
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
showing no sign of; not giving the slightest indication of; saying nothing at all about; not breathing a word of
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
another family; another house
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
like this; this sort; this way
failure; mistake; blunder
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
hating; strongly disliking
to get twisted; to get warped; to get distorted; to twist; to warp
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault