expression:

• Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style) - four character idiom

noun:

• grasping one's chopsticks the same way one might hold a walking stick (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• any of a number of respectful terms written after the addressee's name in a formal letter

noun:

• leader of a nobleman's cavalcade - archaism
• animal messenger of the gods (i.e. a fox) ［みさき］

~する noun:

• swat - to hit with a sharp slapping blow usually with an instrument (as a bat or flyswatter)

noun:

• down-line loading; sending data from a central node to a remote node - obsolete term - IT term

expression:

• zeal is a bad servant; the person who chases a deer does not see the mountain [literal] - proverb

expression / adjectival noun:

• to be as busy as a bee; like Christmas and a birthday feast rolled into one - idiom

noun:

• art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts - abbreviation ➜ 卒業制作

noun:

• lacquering technique that uses a coloured-lacquer undercoating and a transparent-lacquer topcoat

noun:

• funny word or gesture
• funny part (in a puppet show, kabuki, etc.)
• a woman's temple hair - archaism ➜ 揉み上げ【もみあげ】

expression / noun:

• point where two ocean currents meet (e.g. a warm current and a cold current) ➜ 潮目
• attractive glance - archaism

noun:

• return slot (for coins in a vending machine); drop-off point (for dirty dishes at a restaurant)

expression / adjective:

• spending a day's revenue within the day; not being attached to money (like a true Tokyoite)

noun:

• tufted toothpick; Edo-period toothbrush resembling a large toothpick burred at one end into a tuft

noun:

• custom of tying a large mochi on a toddler's back on his or her first birthday

noun:

• downshift; changing from upper to lower case letters
• downshifting; living a simpler life
• downshifting (on a vehicle) - rare term ➜ シフトダウン

noun:

• (a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing a figure; drawing a diagram
• construction - Mathematics term

~の noun:

• with a fixed time; with a deadline

pre-noun adjectival:

• not a little; not a few; considerable ➜ 少なからず

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to challenge (a person) to a fight

adverb:

• with a start; with a jump - onomatopoeia

expression:

• a good beginning makes a good ending - proverb

adverb:

• just a minute; short time; just a little - equiv. of ちょっと - Kansai dialect