noun:

• collusive bidding at the initiative of government agencies

expression:

• were it to at least be as such - archaism

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to try out the food at various restaurants - colloquialism ➜ 食べ歩き

expression / adverb:

• finally; after great pains; at last; just barely

adverb:

• by all means; no matter what; at any rate - colloquialism ➜ 如何しても

noun:

• tamagushi used at Ise Shrine's purification ceremonies - obscure term ➜ 玉串

noun:

• kagura (esp. when performed at the imperial palace) - polite language ➜ 里神楽

noun:

• sail with the wind at its back

adverb:

• aback

noun:

• deity enshrined at Hie Shrine (in Shiga & Tokyo)

conjunction:

• additionally; in addition; moreover; at the same time

noun:

• woman paid to accompany men at various events - From English "reception attendant" ➜ レセプタント

noun:

• woman paid to accompany men at various events - abbreviation - From English "reception attendant" ➜ レセプションアテンダント

noun:

• position at the imperial court in ancient China - abbreviation ➜ 内閣大学士

noun:

• grand kagura performance at Ise ➜ 太神楽

noun:

• looking at each other ➜ 見合わせる
• postponement; suspension; interruption ➜ 見合わせる

noun:

• baggage claim tag (at hotels, stations, etc.) - obscure term

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• in those days; at the time; then ➜ その頃【そのころ】

noun:

• retirement at the behest of one's employer ➜ 肩たたき

noun:

• same class (at school) - abbreviation - colloquialism

interjection:

• do it; up and at 'em; cheers; hurrah - used to cheer sb on - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• paying for oneself; (at) one's own expense ➜ 自弁

expression / adjectival noun:

• woman's word for the sound of feet thumping across a noh theatre; space of noh theatre based on the reach of the sound of feet thumping - female language

expression:

• a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold) - four character idiom

noun:

• service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.) - four character idiom

adverb:

• with a clunk; with a clank - onomatopoeia
• the sound of a sudden decrease (in profits, vigor, etc.)