expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
third day of the month; three days
postoperative; after surgery
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
breathing of a sleeping person
to lay aside; to set aside
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
(walking) stick; cane; wand
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
god of death; death deity; Death
dangerous position; peril
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns; confidant
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
to bring back; to restore
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea