hospitalization; hospitalisation
to look after (often medically); to take care of
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
later on; eventually; afterwards
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
blank column; blank space
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
black spot; black dot; mark indicating a defeat; loss; failure
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
odd; strange; queer; peculiar