Vocabulary

tiepin

commuting to nursery school or kindergarten

have a happy New Year

string tied across the open chest of a haori

plastic umbrella

acoustic guitar

empty (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)

very small breasts

longitudinal direction

pilot (of a boat)

to go wherever one has to go (to get a matter settled, e.g. the court)

it is none of one's business; it is not one's place to say (do) something

to employ one's secret weapon; to play one's trump card; to use the ace up one's sleeve

not to be spoken of in the same breath; cannot be compared; defying all comparison; bearing no comparison; not a same-day discussion

without a moment's delay; leaving everything else unattended to

the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

to have an uneasy conscience

as hard as one can; with one's whole heart

a dime a dozen; two a penny

not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think

to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation

cannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach

to have a meal (before doing something); to fortify oneself with a meal

all day long

incessantly; continuously; continually; unceasingly; without a break

human leukocyte antigen; HLA

hematopoietic stem cell; haematopoietic stem cell

umbilical cord blood transplant

cautious theory; conservative theory

brain damage

clinical data

cold storage; deep freeze; cryopreservation

head injury

therapeutic hypothermia for brain injury

means of diagnosis

clinical research; clinical study

evidence-based medicine; EBM

hormone replacement therapy

pineal; pineal body; pineal gland