funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
way of talking; speaking style
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
thought; idea; conception
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to have a talk; to tell a story
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
magician; conjurer; illusionist
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means