mass communication; mass media
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
hello; good day; good afternoon
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
volume retailer; mass marketer; emporium
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
stature; height; size; physique
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
manslaughter; bodily injury resulting in death
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
the way back; the way home; return trip
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
close coverage (of an event, celebrity, etc.); close reporting; total coverage
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up