schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum)
Kakeromajima (island approximately 200 kilometers NE of Okinawa)
Southeast University; SEU
hypoglycemic drug; hypoglycaemic drug
gown technique (i.e. use of gowns in sterile environments)
gastrointestinal stromal tumor (tumour); GIST
shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.); ecdysis
making light of; disregarding
tamponade; blockage or closure of a wound or body cavity by (or as if by) a tampon (esp. to stop bleeding)
sensation of incomplete evacuation (of stool); feeling of incomplete bowel movement; feeling of constipation
Narayama Bushikō - The Ballad of Narayama (1954 novel by Fukazawa Shichirō, 1983 film by Imamura Shōhei)
Imperial Household Agency hospital; Imperial Household Hospital; royal hospital; Hospital of the Imperial Household
Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research; JFCR
greater curvature (of the stomach); curvatura ventriculi major
the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat
submandibular gland; submaxillary gland
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to let a chance to do something slip through one's fingers
haori coat decorated with one's family crest and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)
proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease
perverse individual; cynic; misanthrope
notice of a change of address
posterity; future generations; descendant; posterior pituitary; neurohypophysis
gastric perforation; perforation of the stomach
no more than that; with that; on that note; since then; ending there
lungs and livers; depths of one's heart; innermost heart
Isodine (iodine-based disinfectant)
not at all tense; relaxed; calm