closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
how much; how many; what amount; what extent
patient's condition; pathology
to have an eye on; to zero in on
medical and pharmaceutical products; medicinal supplies; drugs; pharmaceuticals; medicine
company; corporation; workplace
clinical (e.g. pathology, physiology)
approval; license; licence; permission
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
variation; rogue (something)
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
private enterprise; private business; private company; private firm; private-sector business; private-sector corporation
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
armed might; military power; the sword; force
Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA
to put into effect; to put into practice
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
relation; connection; relevance
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
care; precaution; guarding; caution
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai