metal utensil; ironware; metal fittings; hardware
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
confections; sweets; candy; cake
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
hospitalization; hospitalisation
when it becomes; when it comes to
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
cardio-pulmonary function
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to be a matter of life or death
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
sickroom; hospital room; ward
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
failure; mistake; blunder
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
business trip; official trip
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
honorific affix; honorific prefix
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid