recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to summon courage; to be brave
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
sick person; patient; invalid
representative; exemplary; model
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
floor above; floor upstairs
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
long time; long interval; for quite some time
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
wet dream; nocturnal emission
to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
cookware; cooking utensil
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
grater (esp. the variety used in Japanese cooking to grate foods very finely)