to be prolonged; to drag on
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
people; men and women; each person; everybody
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
small change; coins; small sum of money
entrance (for passengers at a train station); passenger door (on a train, bus, etc.)
exit (for disembarking passengers)
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
appointment; rendezvous; date
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
outside world; physical world
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
the other day; a few days ago
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit