doctor working in a hospital; physician working in public practice
demo tape; demonstration tape
online dating app; match-making app
long arrow; person who can fire a long arrow
undetermined manner of death; suspicious death
reward money; reward; honorarium
clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
living with one's parents; living at home
welfare; public welfare; social welfare; (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address)
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
number-withheld phone calls
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
to make up (a deficiency); to supplement; to add to; to put towards
call register; incoming call history; list of received calls
screen name; username; handle
with a view to marriage; with marriage in mind
scene of an accident; crash site; accident scene
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
to refuse; to reject; to deny
official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); (arch.) room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
burned down; entirely destroyed
age thirty; one's thirties
one's original family name; maiden name
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
correspondence; exchange of letters
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
serious condition; critical condition
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance