to detain; to check; to restrain
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
making a fuss; Much Ado about Nothing (Shakespeare)
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
yearning; longing for; deep affection
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to keep a watchful eye on
medical care; medical treatment
to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
physician in private practice; (arch.) town doctor; (arch.) doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
patient's condition; pathology
minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle
wonder drug; miracle cure; elixir
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over
to temper thoroughly; to train well
roundhouse kick; turning kick
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
dim-witted; slow to catch on
together; mutually; fellow
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
irregular; unseasonable; changeable; unsettled; abnormal
town girl; girl raised in a town
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
to relieve a person's pain
outskirts (of a town); run-down district