obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
cardio-pulmonary function
electrocardiograph; ECG; EKG
sake brewery; wine cellar; bar; bar-room
highly unpredictable; touch and go
vital; lively; energetic; vital signs
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
to be born; to come into the world
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse
job hunting; job searching
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
first-aid; emergency (aid)
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on
(shopping) cart; kart; go-kart
out of character; unlike one
to subsist; to keep on living
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable