principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
stereotyped; patterned; typical
sympathy; empathy; response
perfect; complete; flawless
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
is something that; is that which
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
scene; sight; scenario; setting
long; drawn-out; very long
depiction; description; portrayal
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
spinning rapidly; turning quickly; fast-forward (VCR, etc.); scanning
beginning; outset; first; onset
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
in order; sequential; seriatim
changing clothes; change of clothes
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
attaching and detaching; putting on and removing
(hair) rinse; (hair) conditioner
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
high efficiency; high performance
senior high school student
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
(someone else's) child; child; kid
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
inner; underwear; undergarment; innerwear
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time