service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
light blue; pale blue; aqua
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
gastritis; gastric catarrh
going to the hospital for regular treatment
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
lonesome; lonely; forlorn
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
display window; shop window; store window
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
break in time; interruption; pause
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
patient's condition; pathology
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
private clinician; physician in private practice
set meal; special (of the day)
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph