(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to be prolonged; to drag on
item; something that one "just has to have"
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to have an idea; to have a clue
guess; speculation; supposition
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
tradition; legend; folklore
another thing; exception; special case
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
calamity; disaster; misfortune
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble