(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
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
to make worse (e.g. disease); to aggravate; to complicate
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
X-ray; roentgen (unit of ionizing radiation)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
forthcoming publication; to be published soon; coming soon; recent publication
counter for books; volume
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom); to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret