basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
university hospital; teaching hospital
sickroom; hospital room; ward
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
suited figure; person in a suit
dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
professional killer; hit man
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
to be ill; to suffer from
to hate each other; to hate mutually
inept doctor; bad doctor; poor doctor; quack
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
KGB (Soviet Union intelligence agency)
to feel relieved; to feel satisfied; to feel refreshed
to get twisted; to get warped; to get distorted; to twist; to warp
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
enterprise; business; company; corporation
striking a deal; coming to an agreement; making noodles by hand; making handmade noodles; manual input (on a computer, etc.); entering (text) by hand
large sum (of money); large amount; large denomination (banknote, etc.)
alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); financially supporting one's favorite celebrity (by buying merchandise, attending events, etc.)
hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)
founder of a religious sect
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
slave traffic; slave dealer
to cut (food) into chunks; to chop into lumps