feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
drug discovery; drug design; development of new drugs
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
a few years ago; some years back
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
older sister and younger brother
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
interest; rights; concession
winner-takes-all (system)
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
in that manner; like that
by today; before the day is over
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
Jin dynasty (of China; 265-420 CE); Chin dynasty
autopsy; inquest; investigation of death
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
matter of time; question of time
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)