to ascertain; to check; to make sure
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to feel more like (a certain mood)
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
command module (e.g. Apollo's); CM
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
metre; meter; meter; gauge
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
union; joining; conjugation
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
group; bunch; crowd; group
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)
sofa; couch; lounge chair
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity