noun:

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

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:

• 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

expression / noun:

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

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:

• 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:

• purple Washington clam (Saxidomus purpurata)
• type of pomelo with red-purple flesh

noun:

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

noun:

• outdoor unit (esp. of an air conditioner, i.e. condenser); outdoor machinery

noun:

• markdown (e.g. of prices)
• Markdown; simple markup language for creating HTML - IT term

expression:

• paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of ➜ 気に留める

noun:

• tortoiseshell sauce; thickened sauce of dashi, soy, mirin, etc. - Food term

expression:

• wrong; not good; of no use ➜ 行けない【いけない】
• hopeless; past hope ➜ 行けない【いけない】
• must not do ➜ 行けない【いけない】

noun:

• froufrou; frou frou; frilly decoration - From French
• Furfur; Furtur; mythical great Earl of Hell - From Latin

noun:

• pieces of crab prepared for use in shabu-shabu (usu. claw meat) - Food term ➜ しゃぶしゃぶ

noun:

• meals prepared for employees (e.g. of a restaurant); staff meals

noun:

• reverse rape; sexual assault by a female of a male

expression:

• leave no room for scandal; don't do anything that can be misinterpreted; don't straighten your cap under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you're trying to steal the plums) [literal] - proverb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to nuzzle against (e.g. dog nosing a person)
• to lay the blame on ［なすりつける］
• to strike (a match) ［すりつける・こすりつける］