Min Chinese (language); Min
Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
wheat straw; barley straw
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
high street; town centre (center)
plateau; tableland; eminence
change; alteration; modification
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
SM; S&M; sado-masochism; shopping mall
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
all-out attack; general offensive
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
moment by moment; hour by hour