doctor's visit; house call
attending physician; physician in charge; (one's) family doctor
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
to press a question; to cross-examine
five and seven; 35th day after a person's death
(together) with; -wide; including
environmental conservation
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
medical apparatus; medical instruments
treatise; monograph; study; paper (scientific, technical)
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; eternal life and prosperity
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
courtesy call; courtesy visit
ambitious (heroic) undertaking; daring enterprise; grand scheme
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
Yangtze River; Changjiang River
Nanjing; Nanking; pumpkin; squash; Chinese; Southeast Asian
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung