cancer research institute; cancer research center (centre)
low uplands; intermediary area between plains and mountains
to be valuable as scrap; to be able to do other work; to have marketable skills
discipline; punishment; reprimand
regional revitalization; local revitalization
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; Achilles' heel; vulnerable point
island in a pond or river
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
community-based health care; community medicine
something or other; somehow
three mountains; three shrines (of Kumano); three kingdoms (of 14th and 15th-century Okinawa)
Japanese halfbeak (Hemiramphus sajori); stickleback
looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching; (public) attention; interest
municipal hospital; public hospital
city councillor; city councilor; city assemblyman
Japanese staunton-vine (Stauntonia hexaphylla)
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
gynecology department; gynecology
revitalization of a town; town renewal (project)
transit (passenger); connecting (flight); transfer (ticket)
stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs