clinical internship system
public-service corporation; charitable corporation; juridical (legal) person working for the public good
pork-barrel politician; special-interest politician; politician lobbying for the benefit of the private industries to which they are connected
remnant; remainder; odds and ends; leavings
legislating; legislation; passage of a bill into law
my party; our party; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you
multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; MODS; multiple organ failure (former term); MOF
final stage; terminal stage
payment (system) for medical services
consultative body; advisory committee; advisory organ
life-prolonging treatment
legalization; legalisation
to ask the opinion of (a superior)
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
consultation; consulting; consul
particularly; especially; indicates the number of horses or oxen drawing a carriage; indicates the number of oars on a boat; indicates the number of movies, plays, etc. comprising a single program; indicates the number of items or methods used
improvement of labor conditions (labour)
party-internal; within the party
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
electrocardiograph; ECG; EKG
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
god of death; death deity; Death
change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly
anticancer drug; anticancer agent
physician's license (licence); doctor's license; medical license; license to practice medicine
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness