among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
the deceased; deaths; persons killed
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to pry (open); to prise; to wrench
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
spelling; orthography; file; pad; bundle
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
9th day of the month; nine days
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
with a whack; with a smack; (answering a question) directly; definitively
clearly (standing out); distinctly; sharply; boldly; in sharp relief
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint; bad habit; intractable habit
concurrence; coincidence; complication (in illness)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to order; to command; to appoint
periodic; regular; routine
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
going to the hospital regularly for treatment; attending hospital as an outpatient
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now