Japan

ostracism; a type of extra-judicial social exclusion practiced in Japan where a villager disturbing the peace of a village is shunned by the rest of them

Yanba (a koaza in Kawarahata, Naganohara, Agatsuma district, Gunma Prefecture, Japan)

Great works are performed by perseverance.

one of the three sacred treasures comprising the Imperial Regalia of Japan

(astronomy) the Twenty-Eight Mansions

Alternative spelling of はちぶんぎ座 (“Octans”)

able to both talk and do; an eloquent speaker and a skilled worker; one who works as well as talks

twenty-eighth day of the month

a princess of 因幡 (Inaba), who was pursued by 大国主 (Ōkuninushi) and his brothers, but ultimately became his wife