need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
need; want; necessity; expenses; cost
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
cost price; purchase price; cost; production cost; manufacturing cost; prime cost
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
low-priced; cheap; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; link back to discussion group, bulletin board, etc. posting
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
to press a question; to cross-examine
opening a new hospital, institution, temple, etc.; opening a hospital, institution, temple, etc. (for the day); opening of (a session of) the Imperial Diet
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
migratory bird; bird of passage
sign; indication; omen; symptom
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
Dejima; artificial island in Nagasaki used as a Portuguese and Dutch trading post between 1634 and 1854
trading company (esp. a Japanese outpost of a foreign firm); trading house; firm; factory
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
medical examination; checkup; consultation
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
medical treatment; medical care
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
Nandikesvara (Ganesh in the Buddhist pantheon)
mature woman; middle-aged woman
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
to mind; to care; to worry
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic