liver cancer (esp. hepatoma)
rehabilitation centre; rehabilitation center
sakura shrimp (Sergia lucens)
speech impediment; speech disorder
to anesthetize; to anesthetise; to anaesthetize; to anaesthetise
anesthesiologist; anaesthesiologist; anesthetist; anaesthetist
cc (email); carbon copy; cubic centimeter; cubic centimetre; milliliter
cerebral hemorrhage; cerebral haemorrhage
refined taste; elegant pursuits
operating room; operating theatre
Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)
intensive care unit; ICU; interface control unit
to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
wavy form; ripply shape; waveform
postoperative; after surgery
public hall; community center; community centre
Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
noted doctor; excellent physician
email with attached photos sent from a mobile phone; photo taken with a mobile phone; taking a photo with a mobile phone
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!
pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse
university hospital; teaching hospital
24 hours; twenty-four hours
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning