understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to be helpful; to be useful
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
study; diligence; discount; reduction
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
to understand (each other); to comprehend
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to say; to tell; to state; to do
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
life-prolonging treatment
to discuss; to talk together
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
in one's own way or style
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
first-aid; emergency (aid)
(shopping) cart; kart; go-kart
danger; peril; hazard; risk
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
electrocardiograph; ECG; EKG
cardio-pulmonary function
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
highly unpredictable; touch and go
worst; worst-case (scenario)
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak