formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
exchanging business cards
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
document; official papers
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
hospital department; department in the field of medical care
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
materials; data; document
last spring; the spring of last year
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
in the prefecture; prefectural
Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
approval; license; licence; permission
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
self-satisfaction; self-complacency; understanding (on one's own); realizing (through one's own ability); being paid back for one's deeds
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
to be silent; to say nothing
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
heigh-ho; heave-ho; hold on!; just a minute; la-la
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
headache inducing; vexing
tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right