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soot

On-Yomi: バイ

Koohii stories:

1) [Neobeo] 15-1-2009(19): Teacher: "How is soot formed?" Student: "Well, there is a fire, so-and-so, and then there is soot!".

2) [cameron_en] 21-11-2008(12): The so-and-so from Mary Poppins was covered in soot because he was a fire chimney sweep.

3) [Megaqwerty] 21-6-2007(7): Emerging from the fire, he wiped off the soot from his suit and said, "Don't worry, honey, so-and-so is now no-and-no.".

4) [dancingblade] 15-8-2010(4): Remember those sootballs in Spirited Away? They are just so-and-sos who keep the boiler room fire alive.

5) [chibimizuno] 5-8-2009(4): A guy fell into the fire and emerged completely covered in soot. It's impossible to tell who it is now, so we'll just refer to him as so-and-so.

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