fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
infected person; carrier (e.g. of a virus)
universal medicine; cure-all; panacea
infectious disease; infection
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts); finding out the facts; bringing (a matter) to light; inquiring into
seriously ill patient; critically ill patient; serious case
to contract a disease; to get sick; to become ill
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
person (patient) with minor illness; person showing only minor symptoms (of a disease)
aggravation (of an illness); exacerbation; worsening
vacant house; unoccupied house
to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task
freshly drawn bath; (taking) a bath before anyone else
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
contamination (esp. foreign bodies in food)
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to hide; to keep to oneself
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
right on the heels of yesterday; only yesterday
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door