recuperation; medical treatment
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
nurses' station; nursing station
hospitalization; hospitalisation
single (room); room for one; private room (in a restaurant, etc.); private dining room; (toilet) stall
killing time; staving off boredom
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
bunch of flowers; bouquet
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
exceptional item; extraordinary product
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe
jumper skirt; pinafore dress
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
handbag; tote bag; carry bag; shoulder bag
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
skim reading; reading a text diagonally (to reveal a hidden word or message)
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
date of issue; date of publication
very small fraction (of); very small proportion; very small part; tiny bit
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long