noun / ~する noun:

• cutting off the edges (printing, sewing, cooking, etc.)

noun:

• snippets; trimmings; cuttings

noun:

• forward edge of the battle area

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make out with; to make cozy with (cosy)
• to do at one's own discretion

noun:

• delivery service where package is left in front of door or in designated area; safe drop

noun / ~する noun:

• effecting de facto constitutional changes through creative interpretation of the existing constitution; reinterpretation of the constitution - four character idiom

expression:

• the eyes are the windows to the soul; the eye is the lamp of the body; the eyes are the mirror of the heart [literal] - proverb

noun:

• the Pope - early Japanese Christian term - archaism - From Portuguese "papa"

noun / ~する noun:

• drying in the shade

noun:

• small strap tied at the waist of a hanpi ➜ 半臂

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• equipment used in rituals

noun / ~する noun:

• motivating the troops on the battlefield with war drums and war cries - obscure term
• making an uproar - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• omitting the rest

noun:

• with a self-starter

noun:

• (France's revolutionary era) Declaration of the Rights of Man

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to show the solution

noun:

• being out of the ring (wrestling) - Sports term - From English "ring out"

noun:

• variation of uta-garuta played in Hokkaido ➜ 下の句【しものく】・歌ガルタ【うたガルタ】

noun / ~する noun:

• spending the night in a car, train, bus, etc.

noun:

• the long night of spiritual darkness - four character idiom

noun:

• lobe of the liver

noun:

• her majesty the Empress

noun:

• hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk) ➜ 茶筅

noun:

• examinatinon with MRI, MRA, etc. to check for aneurysms and other problems - from "brain dry-dock" ➜ 人間ドック

noun:

• noncommissioned officer of the Japanese Air Self Defense Forces (Defence)