environment; circumstance
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
exorcism rite; purification
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
witness stand; witness box
testimony; (verbal) evidence
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
originally; by nature; from the start
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
remaining silent; keeping secret
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo