sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
physical examination; medical examination; health checkup; health screening
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
besides; in addition; also; moreover
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
patient's registration ticket
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
medicine manufacture; drug manufacture
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
Toyama (city, prefecture)
company; corporation; workplace
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
how; in what way; how about
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
to be silent; to say nothing