noun:

• children's game in which (at least three) people stand back to back to each other and shove vigorously backwards - abbreviation ➜ 押し競べ

adverb:

• too; also; likewise; either
• still; as before
• even so; either way; nonetheless; in any event; all the same
• as expected

noun:

• part of the shrine dedication ceremony at the Hachiman shrine in Yoshitomi, where articulated wooden dolls enact a sumo bout - Shintō term ➜ 紙相撲【かみずもう】

noun:

• self-serve system for toothbrushes, razors, etc. in business hotels - From English "amenity viking" ➜ バイキング

noun:

• steadfastness; firmness in one's conviction; having a heart that does not change as easily as a stone rolls about - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text ➜ 原文のまま【げんぶんのまま】

expression / noun:

• sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text ➜ 原文ママ【げんぶんママ】

noun:

• city pop; Japanese music genre popular in the 1980's

adverb / ~する noun:

• refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (a weight) off one's shoulder - onomatopoeia ➜ すっきり
• (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly; in a refined manner - onomatopoeia

noun:

• blue-tailed monitor (Varanus doreanus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago); Kalabeck's monitor

noun:

• messenger
• police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods) - abbreviation ➜ 検非違使
• klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering) - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩

expression:

• any port will do in a storm; when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune [literal] - proverb

noun:

• in the morning; during the morning

noun:

• in the open; the open air

noun:

• Chinese book; book written in Chinese

noun:

• performing arts; accomplishment (in performing arts)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to order; to place in order - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• sun drying; drying in the sun

noun:

• late frost; frost in late spring ➜ 別れ霜【わかれじも】

noun:

• late frost; frost in late spring ➜ 忘れ霜【わすれじも】

noun:

• tree hollow; hollow in a tree

noun:

• life in a dormitory; dormitory life

adverb:

• after all; in the end; ultimately; eventually

noun / ~の noun:

• conclusion; end ➜ 結局のところ

noun:

• end of a game of go, shogi, etc. ➜ 終局

noun / ~の noun:

• position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game
• aspect of an affair; situation

expression / noun:

• before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose
• immediate; imminent; around the corner