(archaic, possibly obsolete) the world, the earth

is the best among (others)

hold, have

saying as much as one wants (usually complaints)

言いたい放題: saying as much as you want

ushi no toki mairi, a traditional Japanese practice where a person visits (参(まい)り (mairi)) a shrine at approximately 2 AM in the morning (丑(うし)の時(とき) (ushi no toki)) in order to nail a straw effigy of a person (藁人形(わらにんぎょう) (waraningyō)) to a tree and wish for that person's death

(linguistics) diachronic

(linguistics) synchronic

eleven o'clock

twelve o'clock; noon; midnight