today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
child consultation center; children's welfare center
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
trial; judgement; judgment
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
testimony; (verbal) evidence
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
beginning; outset; first; onset
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
conviction; belief; confidence
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
driver (of a vehicle); screwdriver; driver (golf); driver; device driver
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
to get late; to advance; to wear on
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
attending physician; doctor-in-charge; attending doctor; one's doctor