heart transplant operation
to be eloquent; to have a way with words
there is unexpected good in what others have left behind; last but not least; (lit.) there is fortune in leftovers
visit; presence; attendance
location of a press conference; press conference room
petition for retrial; appeal for retrial
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward)
change in the law; legal reform
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
electrocardiograph; ECG; EKG
heart disease; heart trouble; cardiopathy
sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness
round-the-world trip; circumnavigation; globe-trotting
home visitation (esp. a teacher visiting a student's home); home visit; house call
the teaching profession; education of laity
nap room (in an office, fire station, etc.)
Miyagi prefecture (Tōhoku area)
detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home
quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
attending physician; doctor-in-charge; attending doctor; one's doctor
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family
to wash again; to reconsider
under ... years of age; less than ... years old
unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice
unsettled; pending; unresolved
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
death by suffocation; death by choking
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue