to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
had better ...; had better not ...
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
large hospital; major hospital
otorhinolaryngology; otolaryngology; ear, nose and throat department
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
university hospital; teaching hospital
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to cease; to stop; to be over
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback