difficult to ...; hard to ...
raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
attending physician; doctor-in-charge; attending doctor; one's doctor
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
patient's condition; pathology
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
to arrange (flowers); to plant
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
matter causing distress; something causing worry
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
study; diligence; discount; reduction
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
stingy; cheap; very frugal
eternal; unlimited; endless
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
elm tree (esp. the Japanese elm, Ulmus davidiana var. japonica)
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
visitor to a sick or distressed person; hospital visitor; inquirer
restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted; for some reason