checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
to need; to call for; to require
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink; diluted drink; watered-down drink
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
height of; middle of; full bloom
boastful talk about one's love life; speaking fondly about one's sweetheart; going on about one's love affairs
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
empirical; from experience
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
how can (one) do something
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
place where there is a god or spirit; place containing the sacred object of a shrine