club activities; extracurricular activities
House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
examining room; consultation room
operating room; operating theatre
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
nurses' station; nurse training and placement organization
sickroom; hospital room; ward
medical apparatus; medical instruments
hospitalization; hospitalisation
inside the House; inside the Diet; inside the hospital
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
with a whack; with a smack; (answering a question) directly; definitively
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
starting (a machine, engine, etc.); starting (a project, plan, etc.); beginning; initiation
discount price; special offer price
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
each and every person (saying); one and all; unanimously; in unison; separately; individually
homeless; homeless person
clerk; office worker; office staff
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)
village lacking a doctor; doctorless village
to gain knowledge; to build up one's knowledge
uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
life; living; I; me; student
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); ranch
to be mature and kind; to be well-balanced; to be a good person
negative emotions; negative feelings
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous