purification; cleaning up; purging
strangulation; constriction; entrapment
anterior wall; front wall
Tokyo-Nagoya Expressway; Tomei Expressway
operating field; operative field; surgical field
even the patience of a saint eventually runs out; (lit.) (if you touch) the Buddha's face three times (he will get annoyed)
embroidered satin baseball jacket; embroidered satin college jacket
ascites; abdominal dropsy
operation scar; scar from an operation
serious or slight injury; major and minor injuries
tweezers (esp. in a medical or laboratory setting); forceps
coincidence; conformity; anastomosis; inosculation
group of companies; combine
early detection (of an illness)
(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso
ensemble; harmony (between performers); coordination; ensemble (of clothes); outfit
Cupar (Britain); Cooper; Couper; Cowper
billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)
to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
rakugo story teller; comic story teller
to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)