old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
income; receipts; revenue
to be lacking in options; to be too few
to be profitable; to yield a profit
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
matter of time; question of time
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
university hospital; teaching hospital
visitor to a sick or distressed person; hospital visitor; inquirer
sick person; patient; invalid
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
bunch of flowers; bouquet
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
to sustain a serious wound
turning sideways; landscape orientation
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
vitality; (one's) life force
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
fittings that open and close (doors, windows, shoji, fusuma, etc.); fixtures
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
stout; well-fleshed; well-built; well-padded; plump
electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire