call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
complete darkness; total darkness; pitch darkness
means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
telling others; divulging (a secret); revealing; disclosing; letting out
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
eschatology; doomsday theory; apocalypticism
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
end; close; conclusion; termination
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
to increase; to add to; to augment
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
very much; very many; more and more
narrow-mindedness; intolerance; illiberality; narrowness
firm; strong; solid; stable
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
how many people; a number of people
ophthalmologist; eye specialist
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
soon; before long; in the near future
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
scar; spasm; twitch; cramp
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
strange disease; rare disease
medicine; medical science