assisted reproductive technology; ART
uterine rupture; hysterorrhexis; metrorrhexis
assisted reproductive technology; ART
light vehicle lacking a motor (e.g. cart, bicycle)
infertility; sterility; barrenness
Aquarius (constellation); the Water Carrier; the Water Bearer
advance (e.g. of Japanese exports) into overseas markets
wife who is older than her husband
United Nations (UN) Headquarters
mountain areas of Kunigami County in Northern Okinawa
operator (e.g. telephone)
nest-building; making a hive, web, den, etc.
embryo; germ (e.g. wheat germ)
postgraduate course; graduate course
making a surgical incision in the abdomen
prenatal care; antenatal training
determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
breadwinner; biggest earner
outside telephone line; outer circle
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
stone which is worshipped; image of a god in stone
operating room; operating theatre
managerial liability; executive responsibility; accountability
high blood pressure; hypertension
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
to rebuke strongly; to tell off
cigarette; cig; smoke; fag
large hospital; major hospital
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
underground shopping center; underground shopping centre
detachment; coming off; peeling off; (flow) separation
vigorous; cheerful; assertive
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line