declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared
lung cancer; pulmonary adenocarcinoma
declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared
closing a surgical incision (by suture, etc.)
attacking midfielder (soccer)
upper lobe (of lung); superior lobe
embossing a pattern; repoussé; drum signaling the end of a performance; serve (e.g. in tennis); drive (in golf); printout
Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)
win worth 8000 points (or, if dealer, 12000 points)
two parts; both parts; both realms (i.e. the Diamond Realm and the Womb Realm); Shinto-Buddhist amalgamation
colorectal cancer; large bowel cancer
knot; nodule; tubercule; node
poorly made article; defective article; Gautama Buddha
to fail in one's social duties
hard-to-use space (in an apartment, etc.); dead space (artillery, etc.); (respiratory) dead space
bowl of eel and rice (donburi)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
to resign from one's post
reoperation; repeat surgery; second surgery; surgical revision
two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle
preoperative (preparation, diagnosis, etc.)
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
this institution; this parliament; this hospital; this clinic
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
to win after tough bidding
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
medical world; medical circles; medical community