(image) shooting mode (on a digital camera)
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision
dressing room; fitting room
(taking a) spectacular photograph; photo taken at just the right moment
dreamworld; dreamland; la-la land
image quality (film, video, etc.)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
stomach ache; abdominal pain
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
takes (e.g. of photographs); exposures
suits for gentlemen; menswear
specialist shop; shop specializing in a particular type of product
grumbling; muttering; complaining; moaning
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
section manager; section chief
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to break the silence; to break one's silence
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
admission based on recommendation; enrolment by recommendation (enrollment)
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
one cause; one reason; one factor
mosquito coil; anti-mosquito incense
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
brimming with youthful enthusiasm; in high spirits; raring to go; overflowing with youthful energy; acting all cute and charged up
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
president (of a country); big man; boss; buddy
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; living apart from one's family for the sake of one's job; unaccompanied posting