infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank
jumping to hasty conclusions; conjecture
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
see!; didn't I tell you (this would happen)?
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
person of doubtful origin
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
house built on sand; house of cards
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
fragment; splinter; wane (of the Moon)
you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; a small sacrifice may be necessary to solve a more pressing problem
low rating; bad reputation
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people); one of two people carrying a palanquin
underestimation; undervaluation
separate case; another matter; different matter; another project
identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin)
assessment; rating; grade; evaluation
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal; exposure
complete removal; total excision
first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing from the starting station (of a bus, train, etc.)
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
(single) bean; pea; something very small; tiny speck
reflection; consideration
demon of ill health; disease
wrong diagnosis; misdiagnosis
the very image of health itself; picture of health
(the condition of) one's health
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
medical history; case history; clinical history