good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
negative (result); gloomy; negative (e.g. attitude); pessimistic
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to have medicine be effective
bacterium; bacteria; germ
infection; contagion; becoming infected
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
loins; hips; pelvic region; waist
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
lesion; pathological change
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous; most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly
to become better; to improve
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
as affairs stand; judging from the present situation; as things are now
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
heart attack; myocardial infarction
that year; same year; same age