expression / noun:

• longevity celebration for one's 88th year

noun:

• sword used for self-defense ➜ 守り刀

noun:

• man who drives a woman around for free; man used by a woman for his car - slang

noun:

• being a match for a thousand - four character idiom

noun:

• bath at a temple for the poor, sick and prisoners

expression:

• Defeat is inevitable for an overconfident army; Being arrogant and overconfident inevitably leads to defeat (failure); Pride comes before a fall - four character idiom

noun:

• seasonal flowers arranged for a tea ceremony; flowers in a tea room

noun / ~する noun:

• compensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points - four character idiom

noun:

• waiting for the sun (traditional all-night event of worship and neighbourhood fellowship) ➜ 月待ち【つきまち】

noun:

• burial mound for severed heads

suffix / counter:

• counter for things inside a bag

noun:

• room for menservants ➜ 女部屋

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make (a person) pay for (something) ➜ 痛い目に合う

noun / suffix noun:

• special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi) - archaism

noun:

• secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu - archaism ➜ 大宰府

noun:

• building on the greater palace grounds used by the emperor for viewing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. ➜ 大内裏
• martial arts practice hall at Heian Shrine (est. in 1895 by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, now defunct)

noun:

• compensation for a loss

noun:

• medical insurance for the whole nation

noun:

• person who moves a lot for their job; family who moves a lot for the primary breadwinner's job

adverb:

• for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime ➜ 差し当たり

expression:

• most thrilling relationships for a man (another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife)

noun:

• wrapping paper for a present; gift wrapping paper; wrapping paper with a noshi decoration printed on it ➜ 熨斗【のし】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be at a loss for words

noun:

• best time for (corn, etc.); season (for fruit, etc.)

noun:

• clothes for doing farm work or working in fields

noun:

• something worshiped as a symbol for the spirit of the dead