closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
temporary retirement; suspension from office
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
reinstatement; reappointment
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to find out; to discover; to locate
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
participation; joining; entry; adherence
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
attending physician; doctor-in-charge; attending doctor; one's doctor
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
diagnosis; medical examination
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship