open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
surroundings; environs; circumference
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
to speak; to hear a voice
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
inspection; audit; judgement; judgment
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
computer graphics; CG; computer-generated imagery; CGI
molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
inadvertently (letting out a laugh); quickly; all of a sudden; all at once
to rise into importance; to gain strength; (lit.) to raise one's head
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
(the) executive; administration; leadership
mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
particular; hard to please; fussy
miscellaneous duties; (trivial) routine tasks; small jobs; odd jobs
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
great nuisance; extremely annoying; quite embarrassing
one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
stagnation; hindrance; delay
long hair (usu. of a man)
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair); to thin (hair); to reduce in volume
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst