seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
stirring; slight movement
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to sob; to never stop crying; to cry on and on
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
near oneself; close to one; familiar
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
nth-year student; nth-year pupil
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
serious illness; dangerous disease
to be ill; to suffer from
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
condition of a patient; state of a disease; pathology
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
pretending to know; claiming to have an answer
major surgery; major operation
to have a narrow escape from death
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
observation; survey; watching
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly