article; news story; report; account
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
nausea; feeling like throwing up; feeling sick
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group; rich person
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
in succession; one by one
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently; gloomily
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
long-established; old-established; traditional