watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter
going to the hospital regularly for treatment; attending hospital as an outpatient
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
deep-frying; deep-fried food; abura-age; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste; paint thinner (as an inhalant)
to rain incessantly; to downpour
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
to recover consciousness; to come to
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
to work hard; to work diligently; to do one's best; to try one's hardest
surgery (branch of medicine); department of surgery
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
along the road; along the way
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
Golden Week; string of public holidays in late April-early May
activated carbon; activated charcoal
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
rooftop structure, e.g. tower, elevator machine room, etc.
honest; trustworthy; upright; sincere
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
concreteness; embodiment; expressing concretely
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
quitting while one is ahead; running from a rematch after one has won
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision
tidbit; titbit; digression; sidebar; snippet
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer