made in Japan; Japanese-made
pharmaceutical department; college of pharmacy
to feel inferior; to feel small
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
leak of official secrets; leaking of confidential information
pharmaceutical (drug) company
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
to refer to; to use as reference
medicine manufacture; drug manufacture
maximum allowable single-day gain (stock exchange, etc.)
very likely; very probable
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
to be silent; to say nothing
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
professor; teaching; instruction
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
unauthorized (computer) access; hacking
serious; not joking; straight
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error