hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
on the occasion of; at the time of
promotion; raising of status
to order; to command; to appoint
conference room; council room
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
postgraduate course; graduate course
professor; teaching; instruction
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
genius; brilliance; unusual talent; gifted person; person of unusual talent
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
class; heading; group; category
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
bakery; baker; pastry shop
second generation; second; junior
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
on the occasion of; at the time of
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
calm; composed; leisurely
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to look around; to survey
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
slow (slightly pejorative); dull; stupid
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
private citizen; civilian
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
something; some kind of; for some reason