Vocabulary

(catalytic) poison

championship point (tennis)

to gain strength; to increase ability

Japanese-Brazilian implementation of ISDB (digital television and radio standard)

top scorer

hieroglyph; hieroglyphics

lack of uniformity; unevenness; inequality; disproportion

Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting; ISDB; Japanese standard for digital television and radio, also widely used in South America

Genovese (sauce)

person who is preoccupied with appearing popular

ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large

to leave in the dark; to leave out in the cold; to keep out of the loop; to leave outside the mosquito net

world-class; (of) high global reputation

tailings dam

tailings; mine dumps

mullock (waste rock from a mine); muck; debris; tailing

unbearable; intolerable; insufferable

Korean chicken stew

beatboxing

vocal percussion; beatboxing

vocal percussion; beatboxing

troubled face; worried expression

relay attack

lights-out time

this week's issue (e.g. of a magazine)

perfecta (bet); exacta; straight forecast

dyeing with vegetable dyes

reduction (of an allowance, limit, quota, etc.)

rich and strong (esp. sake); full-bodied with a strong finish

perfecta (bet); exacta; straight forecast

quinella (bet); dual forecast; reverse forecast

drinking buddy

exorheic lake; open lake

myths of asexual conception from natural objects

gallium nitride

person who sets questions (for an exam or quiz)

physiological phenomenon; physiological response

arrival of food at one's table (esp. ramen)

large number of children (per family); bearing many children

multiple birth