meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
patient's condition; pathology
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
entering and leaving hospital
each time it happens; at all such times
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
open day; open house; day when prospective students can visit a university
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
school of one's (first, second) choice
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
(period of) a year; during an era
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
February; second month of the lunar calendar
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
probability; likelihood; chances
fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat