while; during; while; although; all; both
first time; first; initial
corridor; hallway; passageway
tenth day of the month; ten days
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
therapy; treatment; remedy; cure
height of summer; high summer; hottest part of the summer
formal marriage interview; marriage meeting
eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
complete cure; radical cure; complete recovery
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
(acupuncture) needle; acupuncture
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
one's home; one's humble abode
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
doctor's visit; house call
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
a few years ago; some years back
heart; guts; nerve; central part
outside of; not covered by
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
health; healthy; sound; fit