super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
colorectal cancer; large bowel cancer
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
diagnosis; medical examination
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
honour; honor; glory; privilege
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
branch (of an institution); branch hospital; branch temple
how many years; how long; what year
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
Niigata (city, prefecture)
at first; in the beginning; originally
Aomori (city, prefecture)
snowy; covered in deep snow
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
just because; even if; even though
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
in that way; thus; so; so?