grimace - a distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face.

court noble / family's social standing / atop the hall / entrance to southern eaves of the place where the emperor lived in Heian Palace

falling over one after another, falling like dominoes, going like ninepins / a stampede resulting in injury / standing up shogi pieces in a line and knocking them over

Alternative form of 為合う