physician's license (licence); doctor's license; medical license; license to practice medicine
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
still; even now; to this day
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
carrier pigeon; homing pigeon
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
the same generation; coeval
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
retainer; attendant; escort
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
even though; despite; when
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate