TV blooper; broadcasting blunder
young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows)
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
ruling party; government party; party in power; government
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
Parent-Teacher Association; PTA
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
abolition; elimination; extinction; discontinuation
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
connection; link; relationship
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to find fault with; to question
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
wages; pay; rental payment
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
jumping to a wrong conclusion
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
preference; priority; precedence
to see through; to see the true nature of something
to scrutinize; to scrutinise
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess