hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
patient's condition; pathology
valvular disease; valvular heart disease
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
attending physician; physician in charge; (one's) family doctor
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
although I say; although one might say; although called
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
while; during; while; although; all; both
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to watch over; to watch attentively
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
this institution; the main institution
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
study; diligence; discount; reduction
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
understood; I see; OK; present; here
really; truly; indeed; good grief
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)