precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
satisfactory; desirable; favourable; seeming (to be); appearing
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
customer traffic; customers; custom
maintenance; preservation; improvement
room allocation; assignment of rooms
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
sitting with one knee drawn up
lately; recently; these days
admonition; commandment; sila (precept)
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
to congratulate; to wish (someone) well; to celebrate
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
addressing someone without an honorific title; calling (someone); summoning
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
obsession; compulsive idea
to say this and that (about); to say (critical) things; to criticize; to be critical (about); to find fault (with); to complain
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed
sickroom; hospital room; ward
going around; patrol; round; tour
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation
the whole day; all the day