to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
writing in parentheses; writing in brackets
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
gradation; gradation haircut; taper
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of charge); freelance; independent; freelancer; one-size-fits-all; free skating
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
possession (by a spirit, demon, etc.); dependence (on)
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
with a boing; with a sproing; with a crack; with a pop; (hitting) with vigour; with a kick
verbalization; putting into words
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
function; facility; faculty; feature
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
to be true to nature; to be lifelike
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
to google; to do an online search (for)