railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers
condition; state (of health); appearance
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to check someone's temperature
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
remedy for a cold; cold medicine
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
doctor's visit; house call
to be expensive; to be costly
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
bento; Japanese box lunch
weekly publication; weekly magazine
chair; stool; post; office; position
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
heading; headline; index; headword
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person