serious disease; intractable disease; difficult-to-recover-from illness
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
curse; spell; malediction
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
double helix (structure of DNA)
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
probability; likelihood; chances
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
kind; sort; species; species
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
symptomatic therapy; allopathy; makeshift solution; stopgap measures; temporary expedient
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
nothing but; except; no more than
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
striking; remarkable; considerable
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
time; hour; period; class
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility