circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
National Medical Practitioners Qualifying Examination
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
physician's license (licence); doctor's license; medical license; license to practice medicine
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
early (days); initial stage; initial
clinical (e.g. pathology, physiology)
(period of) a year; during an era
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
community-based health care; community medicine
something like ...; something called ...
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
large hospital; major hospital
health care center; health care centre; animal shelter
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
cooperation; tie-up; joint business; partnership; alliance; sponsorship
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
beginning; outset; first; onset
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures; department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.)
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)