noun / ~する noun:

• cutting a thin object (e.g. vegetable stalk) at a 45 degree angle; cutting in a way that blunts or rounds the cut ➜ 削ぐ

adverb / expression:

• (carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fail one step short of great success; to fall at the last hurdle - idiom

noun:

• reader's column; letters-to-the-editor column

noun / ~する noun:

• taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group - four character idiom

noun:

• Taurus (constellation); the Bull

noun:

• leaf apex; tip of the leaf

noun:

• epi-illumination; illumination that impinges on the sample from the viewing direction

noun:

• whipping (horse racing); using the whip

noun:

• former crown prince; the late crown prince

noun:

• hosts; all the armies

noun / ~する noun:

• mountain hiking; walking in the mountains

noun:

• ague; intermittent fever; the shakes; malarial fever (old name)

noun:

• Aequidens; genus of fish in the family Cichlidae

noun:

• Petromyzon; genus of lamprey in the family Petromyzontidae

expression:

• rubbernecking; the thrill of looking at something scary or unpleasant and wanting to look at it all the more because it is scary or unpleasant

noun:

• Ochotonidae; family comprising the pikas

godan ~く verb:

• to outrun; to run through to the end

expression / noun:

• universal brotherhood; all eight corners of the world under one roof - WWII political slogan often seen as implying Japanese world domination - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past - idiom

expression:

• craft brings nothing home; the crafty schemer drowns in his own scheme [literal] - proverb

ichidan verb:

• to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

noun:

• Odobenidae; family containing the walrus

expression / noun:

• two-top (soccer formation); formation with two forwards at the front line - Sports term

noun:

• (contemporary) customs and behavior; the picture of people's life in the contemporary world - four character idiom