soya bean; soybean; soy meat
three-second rule (food hygiene myth); three seconds rule (basketball)
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to be found; to be discovered
second year of elementary school; second year elementary school student
to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit
animal heart (usu. grilled on skewers)
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
lack of innovation; stupidity
frame for drying clothes; clotheshorse
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
shabu-shabu; thinly sliced meat boiled quickly with vegetables, and dipped in sauce
Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone
annual function; annual event
rotation (of a post, role, etc.); taking turns
siren (in Greek mythology)
individualism; egoism; selfishness
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer
kobold (evil spirit in German folklore); goblin
long-awaited; much-awaited
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
ninth day of the month; nine days
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
loan; roan; lawn (i.e. short grass); lawn (type of cotton cloth)
living together; communal life; cohabitation
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
just you wait and see (as a threat)
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone