artificial respirator; ventilator
electrocardiogram; ECG; EKG
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
deviation; departure; omission
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
almost; roughly; approximately
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
person of common sense; common sense man
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
honest; trustworthy; upright; sincere
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
attending physician; doctor-in-charge; attending doctor; one's doctor
living thing; organism; creature; biology
work-in-progress; working state
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
stab wound; puncture wound; bite (e.g. from a insect); sting; prick
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
to recover consciousness; to come to
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of