spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
complete cure; radical cure; complete recovery
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
medical efficacy; effect of a medicine
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
speech; expression; wording; language
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
real intention; true motive; true meaning
conversely; on the contrary
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability