hospitalization; hospitalisation
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
breathily (while talking)
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
with a friendly grin; smilingly
difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
simmer; bubble out; flow out
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
manners; behavior; behaviour
to make a speech; to address
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
one or two; a few; small number
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer