departure; leaving; setting off
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
heavy snow; heavy snowfall; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite
nurse call button; calling a nurse
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
it's been a long time; long time no see
how have you been?; (lit.) nothing (untoward) has happened, has it?
diagnosis and treatment; medical care
the last moment; the very end
progress; advance; improvement; development
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
dribble (of a ball or puck); dribbling