hyperkalemia; hyperpotassemia
combustible gas; flammable gas
geisha call-office; assignation office for geisha; geisha on call
arteriovenous; arteriolovenous; arteriolovenular
tracheal intubation; intubation
laparotomy (abdominal surgery)
fried finely minced daikon, great burdock, carrot and shiitake mushrooms wrapped with crumbled tofu in dried beancurd and deep-fried; Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder; (arch.) black soybean sprouts fried in sesame seed oil wrapped in dried beancurd and stewed
reel for a spare bowstring
local anesthesia; local anaesthesia
to shirk one's responsibility
gag order; gag rule; gag law
turnaround (e.g. at the end of a driveway)
camp stove and cooking utensils; outdoor cooking set; surgical artery forceps; Kocher forceps
physiological saline; normal saline; saline solution
nothing ventured, nothing gained; (lit.) you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den
error (in the operation of a machine, vehicle, etc.); operation mistake; operational error
Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy
blank period; window period; interregnum