precondition; prerequisite
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
autopsy; inquest; investigation of death
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
medical book; medical journal
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to relax; to feel at home
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
your countenance (his ..., her ..., etc.)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
finished product; finished goods; completed article
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to attempt; to test; to try out
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
complete change; about-face