Topic: Tokushima
the talk of the island of Shikoku
Word definitions
whirlpool (n.): a powerful spiral of moving water (often in the sea)
draw attention (v.): make someone notice or focus on something/someone
as [adj.] as it gets (phrase): an emphatic way of saying something is more [adj.] than anything else
strait (n.): a narrow passage of water
tide (n.): sea level going up and down (caused by the pull of the moon)
trivia (n.): small, perhaps fun, little-known bits of knowledge
faithful (adj.): (in this case) exactly the same (as the original)
pilgrimage (n.): a long trip (traditionally done on foot for religious reasons)
scarecrow (n.): a big ‘doll’ used in fields and gardens to scare birds away
eerie (adj.): strange and scary
claim to [verb] (v.): state something as being true
call it a tie (idiom): say that something was a tie / a draw (i.e. all had the same score)