grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
subjective symptoms; patient's complaints
danger; peril; hazard; risk
doctor chiefly responsible for a patient's care; doctor in charge (of a patient); attending physician; (one's) primary care physician; family doctor; general practitioner
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
under examination; under test (e.g. device); on trial
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
single word; a few words; brief comment
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
on the occasion of; at the time of
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
medical examination (for a specific condition or disease); health screening
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
graduate; alumnus; alumna
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
life; living; I; me; student