noun:

• backmarker (competitor at the tail of the field, likely to be lapped)

noun:

• smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena, species of hammerhead shark)

noun:

• soft focus (photography, film); out-of-focus technique - From English "out focus"

noun:

• wild fox
• fox spirit from the Kyushu region capable of possession ［やこ］ - archaism

noun:

• divination that predicts the events of the whole year (esp. concerning crops) ➜ 年見

noun:

• independent city; city that is not part of another local government entity

noun:

• balloon molly (var. of sailfin molly, Poecilia latipinna)

noun:

• rasbora (small minnow-like fish of genera Boraras, Microrasbora, Rasbora, and Trigonostigma)

noun:

• (Nichiren Buddhism) memorial service for Nichiren (13th day of 10th month) ➜ 会式【えしき】

noun:

• Brachycome (genus of asters, esp. the swan river daisy, Brachycome iberidifolia); Brachyscome

noun:

• first report (esp. of an incident, disaster, or news story); initial report

noun:

• private viewing; private showing; sneak preview
• inspection of a newly completed home

noun:

• room connecting the two main rooms of a building; intermediate room

expression / noun:

• champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero

noun / ~の noun:

• right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face ➜ 真向かい

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)

noun / ~の noun:

• end; final
• end of life; death

adverb:

• never; not at all ➜ 終ぞ

noun / ~する noun:

• being in the center of attention again; coming back into the limelight

noun:

• flag used at funerals showing the name and rank of the deceased

noun:

• mochikinchaku; glutinous rice in a pouch of fried tofu, used in oden ➜ 巾着【きんちゃく】

noun:

• substitute fish; using an alternative fish variety instead of a traditional one

noun:

• chakra; centers of spiritual power in the human body, in Indian thought - From Sanskrit

noun:

• cinquefoil (Potentilla matsumurae); potentilla; Japanese alpine perennial of the rose family

noun:

• last issue (of a magazine, etc. which has suspended publication); final issue

noun:

• backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body