unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
by myself; in person; by oneself
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
image; figure; figure; form; image
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
doorknob; door knob; door handle
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to come to one's senses; to calm down
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to become locked; to lock
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
already; now; no longer; not any more
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious
opening fully; full throttle; full power
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
tornado; whirlwind; waterspout; twister