to care for someone; to look after someone
serious condition; critical condition
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
to check; to stop; to keep back
guidelines for action; personal principles
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
heedless of danger; braving dangers
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
vibrancy; strength; (esp. of men) one's prime (approx. age 30); counter for times of moxibustion
to stay bottled up inside oneself; to be introverted; to have a melancholic appearance, atmosphere (of a person, object, place); to have a gloomy appearance
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect
spirit of self-reliance; feeling of independence
a follower; yield allegiance to
age range; age-group; age bracket
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
open; public; official; overt
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
carving; engraving; chiselled features
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
cover; mantle; shroud; hood
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
contempt; derision; slight; disdain
arrogant; haughty; stuck-up; arrogant bastard; snob
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
reproductive (procreative) power; fertility
egoistic; self-centered; selfish
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia