Vocabulary

Paris Commune

power-to-weight ratio

panchromatic

beach volleyball

big news; important news

out of focus

fagot-stitch; fagotting stitch

brushback (pitch)

pull-top; pop-top; pop top; pull tab

speciality shop; specialty shop; pro shop

professional sports

bedroom scene; sex scene

verification card

house party; stayover

hop, step and jump; triple jump

electric carpet

pogo stick

short-sleeved dress shirt

to fall through (of a plan, project, etc.); to fail; to flop; to collapse; to fizzle out

pocket

polyethylene bucket

polyethylene bathtub

microphone location

electromagnetic loudspeaker

multiple choice (method)

dairy; milk plant

milk bar; small shop selling milk, sweets, snacks, limited foodstuffs, etc. (Meiji-Showa)

swollen face; puffy face

mosaic parquetry

greenish gray; greenish grey

curry and rice

revue dance performed in a line; line dance

lucky seventh (inning); seventh-inning stretch

wraparound skirt

love seat; love chair

ramune; type of lemon soda sold in a Codd-neck bottle

tank top (worn as an undergarment or sportswear); vest; singlet

villa

living room set

light two-wheeled trailer (towed by bicycle, pulled by hand, etc.)