shorthanded; understaffed
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to need; to call for; to require
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
charitable person; philanthropist; volunteer; supporter
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
(courteous) invitation; call
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
cram school student; student of a private-tutoring school
conceiving (an idea); thinking up; invention; original idea; new idea
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
interior; inside; internal
mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic; understood only by oneself
(method of) treatment; therapy; remedy; cure
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
medical world; medical circles; medical community