Vocabulary

cigarette lighter socket (in an automobile)

(car) cigarette lighter

to be pressed (by urgent business); to be under great pressure (to act); to be under the gun

to have a good idea; to be able to predict

kimariji (comp. karuta); beginning characters that uniquely identify a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu

publicly predicting the future developments of a creative work (making it difficult for the creator to use those ideas)

faith is mysterious; faith is weird; even a pilchard's head (can be revered) through faith

quite right; indeed; truly; well said

cleft chin

cleft chin

secondary armament (of a warship); secondary battery; secondary gun

student at the same middle school; graduate of the same middle school

on location

to be as white as snow

off an island; away from an island; off-island

purple Washington clam (Saxidomus purpurata)

erect hedge parsley (Torilis japonica); Japanese hedge parsley; upright hedge parsley

Japanese primrose (Primula japonica)

physical anthropology

hutong (narrow street or alley in a traditional residential area of a Chinese city, esp. Beijing)

secret base; hideout; hidden position

taboo word; forbidden word

shape of one's head

head (of a doll)

head

fishing spider (Dolomedes spp.)

as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive

pasture; grazing land

(one) stroke

punishment by Buddha; divine retribution

accelerator pedal position sensor

not studying (for a test, etc.); not having studied

hair that is smoothed down

to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point

to be inclined to do; to be willing to do

unplanned; unscheduled

huge person; enormous object

actively; energetically; heartily; enthusiastically; eagerly; frequently

to be in focus; to come into focus

to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play false