gallstones; cholelithiasis
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
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
Tsugaru Dialect (Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture)
hemorrhagic; haemorrhagic
earth science; geoscience
to have a rumor circulating
bed bath; sponge bath; blanket bath; toilet
colorectal cancer; large bowel cancer
cookery school; cooking school; culinary school; culinary academy
anesthesiologist; anaesthesiologist; anesthetist; anaesthetist
cloth (esp. cloth made from fibers of the paper mulberry tree)
please be careful; please take care
to be suspected without cause
dietitian; (licensed) nutritionist
blood poisoning; septicemia; sepsis
complete financial statement; summing up; concluding