doctor's rounds (in hospital)
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to order; to command; to appoint
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
dispute; argument; contention
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
deputy section or department manager
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
older sister; elder sister
any more; any further; any better; any longer
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
surname; family name; last name
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman