effect, efficacy

花一匁: a traditional Japanese children's game that is similar to the game red rover

通行止め: dead end, road closure, cul-de-sac

看板娘: an attractive girl or young woman who stands outside a store to attract customers

生命中心主義: biocentrism (cosmological theory)

網目錦蛇: a reticulated python

(Hachijō) lizard

(grammar) ending a sentence with a 体言 (taigen), instead of verbs (including だ (da))

hush money

昌: a male given name / 亜季, 亜樹, 亜紀: a female given name / 阿騎, 安騎: Old name for the area around the Aki Shrine (See on Japanese Wikipedia) in the town of Ōuda, Nara prefecture.