vanguard (leading units of an army) / forward (player nearest to the opposing soccer team), lineman (playing position in football), or similar positions in tennis, volleyball, and other sports

Hizen Province, an old province of Japan

Short for 陸前国 (Rikuzen-no-kuni): Rikuzen Province, one of the provinces of Japan separated from the older 陸奥 (Mutsu) Province in the early Meiji period; today part of Miyagi and Iwate prefectures

previous remarks, last statement, earlier words / preamble

grey plover / Short for 大膳職.

foreground

complete book; complete set; treatise

resolute, firm, undaunted

(Zen) someone who has not fully attained enlightenment, but puts on airs and becomes self-important as if they have

Kyūjitai form of 野狐禅