plain wood; unfinished woodwork
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
transplanting (a plant); transplant; transplantation (of an organ, tissue, etc.); transplant; embryo transfer; embryo transplant
by means of; due to; because of; according to
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
complete cure; radical cure; complete recovery
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
postoperative; after surgery
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for