cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
magnetic resonance imaging; MRI
re-examination; reinspection; retest
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
college of the arts; university of the arts; art university
performing a surgical operation
chatter mark (machine tools)
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
leading person; foremost figure
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
coloured paper; colored paper
tumor; tumour; neoplasm; neoplasia
university hospital; teaching hospital
Nagano (city, prefecture)
answering machine; answerphone
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity