food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
to get out of shape; to lose shape
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
waste heat; remaining heat; residual heat
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
body; physical system; (the) person
to discuss; to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
sisterly love; affection between sisters
clearing one's throat; cough
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
together with; same; both; all; including ...
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
long-awaited; much-awaited
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely