one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of food and other matters)
viewpoint; point of view; way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
(being) off night duty; end of a night shift
clip-clop; clippety-clop; clamshell cellphone; flip cellphone
childbirth; delivery; confinement
sexagenary cycle (60-year cycle of 12 animal zodiac and 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar); 12-year Chinese zodiac
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
mindset; outlook; view; way of looking at things; perspective
nurse call; a patient's call button in a hospital
waking or sleeping; constantly; at all times; twenty-four hours a day
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to undergo surgery; to have an operation
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
schoolgirl; female student
one cause; one reason; one factor
stomach ache; abdominal pain
large quantity; large amount
field; plain; prairie; moor
physiology; menstruation; one's period; menses
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
heir; inheritor; successor