information leak; data breach
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
wound; injury; accident; assault; inflicting bodily injury
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
main question; real issue at hand
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
real intention; true motive; true meaning
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation