crimping; pressure bonding
intravenous injection; IV
out-sourcing; outsourcing
management reorganization; management reorganisation
sycophant; apple-polisher; flatterer; sesame seed grinding
moment (of force); momentum
moving into the black; becoming profitable
lesion; pathological change
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
medical world; medical circles; medical community
comprehensive medical check-up; thorough physical examination
stiff neck; stiff shoulders
being open but having virtually no business
operating ratio; rate of operation; availability factor
contraction; narrowing; stricture; stenosis
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
electrocardiograph; ECG; EKG
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke
first (of its kind) in Japan
to have a long life; to live a long time
substitution; replacement; permutation; substitution; displacement