siblings; brothers and sisters
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
medical university; medical college; medical school
prefectural; managed by an urban prefecture (Osaka or Kyoto)
heir; inheritor; successor
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
great hurry; great haste; rush
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
tool; implement; means; furniture
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
to concern; to be related
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
overseas assignment; overseas posting
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
doctor's office; doctor's surgery; clinic
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
pardon me for leaving (first)
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare; (arch.) most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryō period)
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!