one's brother-in-law; stepbrother (elder)
one's sister-in-law; stepsister (elder)
selection (from many people for an important position); exceptional promotion
personal history; background; career
denting; buckling; giving (in); bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; bowing and scraping
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
adding points; addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese
not worth mentioning; nothing special; nothing in particular; no notable ...
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
medical treatment; medical care
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
sewing together; stitching up (a wound); suture
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
point in common; common feature
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
brush up (i.e. fine tune, polish up, revise)
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
planning; plan; project; arrangements
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
overall; general; as a whole
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
specialization; specialisation
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
rote learning; education that stresses memorization
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
staying up late; sitting up late at night; keeping late hours