celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
outsider; someone outside of a group
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
indifferently; paying no attention (to); taking no notice (of)
again; once again; yet again
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
(dead) body; corpse; remains
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
rising; ascending; climbing
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
dinner (esp. a formal one)
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
floor above; floor upstairs
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined