family; relatives; dependents; household
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
irregular pulse; arrhythmia
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
hospitalization; hospitalisation
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
transient (symptom, phenomenon); temporary; passing; fleeting
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
succession; continuation; series; sequence
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
question; inquiry; enquiry
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
Gunma prefecture (Kanto area)
short trip; brief journey; excursion
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
please; somehow or other; one way or another
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
limbs; arms and legs; body
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
snake; serpent; large snake
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing