to have a rumor circulating
complete financial statement; summing up; concluding
perforation; punching; boring; drilling
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
population ageing (aging)
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
to write to; to send word to; to hand over (official business)
children's home; child care institution; orphanage
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)
being very popular; being in great demand
naming; christening; fiance; fiancee
cecum; caecum; (vermiform) appendix; appendicitis
drawing blood; collecting blood
clinical (e.g. pathology, physiology)
heir; inheritor; successor
Aomori (city, prefecture)
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
inside the House; inside the Diet; inside the hospital
in swarms; in great crowds
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
university hospital; teaching hospital
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)
private affairs; personal matter
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji