yabu soba; green-colored soba made from buckwheat flour milled with green buckwheat berry chaff
pure double chow; winning hand containing two identical chows (i.e. same numbers and same suit)
easily torn; tearable; tear easily; scissile; lacerable
having no or negative points
being in tenpai but not calling riichi
square knot (starting with a right loop); double knot; reef knot; granny knot
big four winds; winning hand containing four kongs or pungs of winds
gastric perforation; perforation of the stomach
anticoagulation; anticoagulant
differential lung ventilation; differential pulmonary ventilation
epidural anaesthesia; epidural anesthesia
central venous hyperalimentation; intravenous hyperalimentation
stage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.); the limelight; the big stage; the big time
reconstructive operation; reconstructive surgery
reduction; weakening; attenuation; diminution; diminishment; lessening
hemodialysis; haemodialysis
closing a surgical incision (by suture, etc.)
fatty pork (from cheek, neck or shoulder)