just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
pure heart; naivete; innocence
self-affirmation; self-approval
round; spherical; circular
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
preface; foreword; introduction
fair; fair ball; fair (event)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
description; account; delineation; (a) predicative; predication
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
abuse; misuse; perversion
logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument
tobacco shop; tobacconist
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; prohibition of smoking; No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited
being addicted to; being wholly absorbed by; falling ill; becoming sick
then; well; so; bye then; bye bye
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
snail's pace tactics; walking extremely slowly when voting in the Diet to delay proceedings; (lit.) ox walk tactic
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
gossip; corner of the mouth
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)