one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
to be helpful; to be useful
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
palm heel; heel of the palm
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
clatter; clank; rattling; capsule toy vending machine
door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
being off guard; being defenseless
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
comparatively; relatively
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to need; to demand; to take; to require