the famous of the “one hundred poems by one hundred poets” anthologies, compiled by Fujiwara no Teika in c. 1235, used in the basis of certain card games

(onomatopoeia) cock-a-doodle-doo (the sound a rooster makes)

(Buddhism) think on the power of Kannon

successive series of questions and responses

vicissitudes, the way that the world or a person prospers one day and declines the next

dotting the i's and crossing the t's

You should treasure every encounter, for it will never recur.

Kyūjitai form of 本拠地

digital song catalog for karaoke

wielding two swords / a kind of grip in sumo wrestling