call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
nursing school; nursing college
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
widower; divorced man not remarried; bachelor; single man
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
coexistence; living together
clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
back country; remote countryside
to search for; to seek for; to look for
leader; guide; mentor; coach
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
heigh-ho; heave-ho; hold on!; just a minute; la-la
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
urine bottle; (urinary) bedpan; chamber pot (esp. medical); urinal
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
operating field; operative field; surgical field
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
type B (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)
wagon; tea wagon; teacart; station wagon; estate car