setting aside; leaving to one side
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
cardio-pulmonary function
to strain every nerve; to feel nervous
artificial respirator; ventilator
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
(one acting as a) foster parent
central government office; head office; this office
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
regular time; stated period
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
late at night; small hours of the morning
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
transportation; conveyance; delivery; hospitalization; transfer to hospital
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation