烦恼 fan2nao3 in English:

Washington was worried.

If I could only speak English half as well as you can, I wouldn't be worried about traveling around the world.

Many parents are worried their children are not being given a basic understanding of numbers.

He'll never show it, but I think that deep down, he's seriously worried.

It looks like it may rain today. I'm worried that our cherry-blossom-viewing party might be canceled.

The worried housewife heard the telephone ring and quickly picked up the receiver.

While welcoming the firming up of the present government policy to abandon the proposal of the reform bill to the Diet, at the same time some are worried that Prime Minister Koizumi won't clearly state the bill's withdrawal.

Judging by her expression, she looked worried.

I'm worried because the dentist I went to recently told me, "You've got periodontitis alright".

The ticket clerk found baggage placed under a bench in the hall, and the ticking sound inside it made him worried.

When I got worried and went to check on him, it looked like he'd barricaded himself in the department's toilet and wasn't coming out.

The corners of his lips showed a bluish tinge that really worried the nurse.

You can't find five minutes to call your worried mother?

This is the gladdest I've seen him since his mother died. He'd been in a funk for so long and, God, I was so worried about him.

Worried, the shopkeeper ran over and kneeled beside Dima, who was breathing heavily - his forehead covered in sweat.