focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
damply; moistly; clammily; gloomily; miserably
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
allergy; aversion (to); strong distaste (for)
X-ray; roentgen (unit of ionizing radiation)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
pungent; irritating; acrid
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to feel nauseated; to feel sick
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
postponement; deferment; adjournment
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
a moment; a minute; an instant; stubborn; obstinate
the best time for doing something is as soon as you've thought of it; there's no time like the present; (lit.) it's an auspicious day (for doing it) when you've just had the idea
(wheeled) stretcher; gurney; trolley
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
receiver; receiving set; receiving apparatus (equipment)
long distance; long range; long distance relationship
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
incision; operation; section
hospital food; hospital meals
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
to be intimate with; to befriend
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy