deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
to whine; to make feeble complaints
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
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
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
2nd day of the month; two days
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
already; now; no longer; not any more
remedy for a cold; cold medicine
last ray of hope; only hope
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; dealing (a hit); striking (a blow)
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
medical examination; checkup; consultation
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
overestimation; overrating; overvaluing
had better ...; had better not ...
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
independent business; self-employment
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what someone feels (using one's intuition)
falsehood (as one of the five sins in Buddhism); lie