just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
woman; lady; adult female
connection; link; relationship
sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
to be splendid; to be superb
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
close; intimate; on good terms
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
to run through; to run past
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
observation; survey; watching
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)