departure; getting out; going away; getting away; leaving
purification; cleaning up; purging
hard-nosed; strong-willed; determined; unyielding; stubborn; resolute
Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)
haste makes waste; anger and haste hinder good counsel
bifurcation; branch; branched; rami-
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; (lit.) lecturing to the Buddha
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
vertically structured society
projection; reflection; image; match; harmony
skirt steak; meat cut from the diaphragm; belly meat (e.g. salmon); peritoneal meat (e.g. chicken)
long-term hospitalization
very small amount of money; penny; cent; nickel; dime
to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
medical world; medical circles; medical community
complete cure; radical cure; complete recovery
to make a bold speech; to make a bold statement
village office; local administration office in a village
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
selfless (pious, righteous) man
shōchū highball; cocktail of shōchū with tonic water
(in spite of) being old enough to know better