unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)
Niigata (city, prefecture)
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
number of persons; personnel
reinforcement; strengthening
help wanted advertisements
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)
diagnosis; medical examination
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
computerized tomography; CT
echo; ultrasound scan; echographic examination
interpretation of radiograms; radiographic image interpretation
to call for somebody's participation
stimulating; exciting; provocative
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
this, that and the other; this and that
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
wrong diagnosis; misdiagnosis
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to follow another's example
modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity