regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
sense of loss; feeling of loss
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
suspicion (of others); jealousy
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to well up; to burst; to arise
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft
fall; crash (of an aircraft)
to have a narrow escape from death
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
it's probably so; it stands to reason
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition