noun:

• chamfering; beveling; bevelling
• rounding the edges (of a vegetable); trimming the corners

noun:

• poem written by the Emperor or a member of the imperial family

noun:

• Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, 1972)

noun:

• mi; 3rd note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

noun:

• la; 6th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

noun:

• the 24 seasonal divisions of a year in the old lunar calendar - four character idiom

noun:

• grammatical rule allowing the usage of the continuative form as a conjunction

noun:

• adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear ➜ 臨機応変

noun / ~の noun:

• hot water or liquid (especially that below the surface of the earth)

noun:

• pilgrimage of the Saigoku-Sanjūsansho (33 temples in the Kinki region) ➜ 西国三十三所

noun:

• Epistle to the Corinthians (comprising two books of the Bible) - obscure term ➜ コリント人への手紙

noun:

• Epistle to the Corinthians (comprising two books of the Bible)

noun:

• equinoctial ceremony held by the emperor at the shrine of imperial ancestors

expression:

• nobody knows the morrow; speak of next year and the ogres laugh [literal] - proverb

noun:

• type of humorous book popular in the Edo period (from the 1750s)

noun:

• Carcharhinus (the type genus of the requiem shark family Carcharhinidae)

noun:

• divining the year's crop yields from the shape of lingering snow

noun:

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

noun:

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

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:

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

noun:

• high-quality buckwheat flour (made only using the center of the grain)

noun:

• plan for the invasion of the Soviet Far East in July 1941 - abbreviation

expression:

• the pot calling the kettle black; the goop in the eye laughing at the snot in the nose [literal] - idiom