what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
material witness; suspect
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
arrest; apprehension; capture
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to cause someone to worry
scandal; deplorable event
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
late in life; one's later years
stock holdings; one's shares
to hand over; to turn over; to cede
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
not long has passed since ...
to take away; to carry away
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
retirement; resignation; stepping down
examination; investigation; prosecution
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
very mean (sneaky); extremely unsportsmanlike
nonchalant air; unruffled air
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
movements; manner; behaviour; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
speech; expression; wording; language
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
business trip; official trip
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)