so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
bone marrow; medulla; heart's core; depths of one's heart; main point; vital part
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
sharp (blade, image, mind, etc.); sharp; number sign; hash sign; mechanical pencil
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
doctor's orders (to refrain from something, e.g. drinking); stoppage of a fight on doctor's orders (in boxing, etc.)
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
hematopoietic stem cell; haematopoietic stem cell
serious disease; intractable disease; difficult-to-recover-from illness
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned
red blood cell; erythrocyte
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
human leukocyte antigen; HLA
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
advance; moving forward; progress
chemical substance; chemical
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)