operation (working) of the mind
great wealth; enormous fortune
golden child; promising young talent; (lit.) gold egg; golden egg; gold mine; cash cow
medicine; Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit
reward; honorarium; remuneration
live bullets; live ammunition; ball cartridge; money
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
medicine manufacture; drug manufacture
avid desire; craving; thirst; watering at the mouth; drooling
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
being very popular; being in great demand
being very busy; busyness
therefore; for that reason; so; because of that
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
research funds (expenses)
unaccounted-for expenditures
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
Japanese person; Japanese people
long ago; a long time ago; already
proving ground; test site
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual
foreign business; foreign enterprise; foreign corporation
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
traitor (to one's country); quisling
disdain; contempt; scorn; abhorrence
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary