mass communication; mass media
to sniff out; to get wind of
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to concern; to be related
question; inquiry; enquiry
temporal region; regio temporalis (capitis)
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
one's regular inn; one's usual hotel
contract; compact; agreement
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
professional killer; hit man
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...