Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
assistant nurse; practical nurse
employment en masse (esp. of middle and high school graduates from the rural districts during Japan's post-war economic boom)
chirashi; chirashizushi; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top
earth science; geoscience
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
wrong diagnosis; misdiagnosis
perforation; punching; boring; drilling
large intestine; large bowel; colon
transfer to a different hospital; hospital transfer
Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
cecum; caecum; (vermiform) appendix; appendicitis
going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways
performing a surgical operation
attending physician; doctor-in-charge; attending doctor; one's doctor
psychiatry; psychiatric department
teachers, superiors, and men of prominence
Aomori (city, prefecture)
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
to happen to hear; to overhear
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
pus; corruption; rot; evils
to feel uncomfortable; to be offended; to have a bad time
outside of one's area of expertise