videocassette recorder; VCR
living-cum-dining room; combined living room and dining room; laser disc; LD; learning disability; lighting director
digital versatile disc; DVD
electrical equipment; electrical machinery; electrical appliances
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
file (for holding papers); file (collection of documents); filing; file
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
lacking a plan; haphazard
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
performer (usu. in a boy band or girl group) with an image cultivated to foster a dedicated fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
handsome man; actor in a love scene
actor; actress; player; performer
enka singer; singer of Japanese traditional ballads
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
historical play; period drama
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
unprincipled; inconstant; unscrupulous
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
two at a time; two by two; in twos
even though things may appear this way
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
soon; shortly; before long
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm