Vocabulary

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

class president; head class representative

record; sound-recording

thinly slicing soft-boned fish for sashimi

tea leaves

closing a course (program, etc.); end of a course (program, etc.)

to trace back to (the origins of something)

something that will last a lifetime (esp. high-quality products)

bulk density

to appear childish

vomeronasal organ

Meristotheca papulosa (species of edible red alga)

liver sashimi

birdlime-covered pole

soy sauce flavoured with grated wasabi (used for sashimi, etc.)

briefly-boiled chicken breast (served cold and mostly raw as sashimi with wasabi-seasoned shoyu)

unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy

(Scottish) School of Common Sense

test of general knowledge

short-distance race; sprint; dash

New Year's resolution

short-distance race; sprint

weeping form (e.g. tree)

cystic fibrosis; mucoviscidosis

to droop; to hang down; to weep

weeping peach (Prunus persica var. pendula)

weeping plum (Prunus mume f. pendula); weeping Japanese apricot

weeping cherry

plop; splash

floating up and sinking down; rising and falling

long-distance race (in track and field; typically 3, 5 or 10km)

run; race

third-year student; third-year pupil

indicates storeys, structures, or materials used in a building

contract; commitment

particularly; especially

Tsu (city in Mie)

General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers; 1945-1952); GHQ

General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (1945-1952); GHQ

brain science