the northeast region of Japan, specifically the northernmost six prefectures in Honshu (clockwise from the northermost): 青森県 (Aomori-ken), 岩手県 (Iwate-ken), 宮城県 (Miyagi-ken), 福島県 (Fukushima-ken), 山形県 (Yamagata-ken), 秋田県 (Akita-ken).

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

Alternative form of アウシュヴィッツ (Aushuvittsu, “Auschwitz”)

Auschwitz (a city in Poland)

牛小屋: cowshed, byre, cattle barn

(historical) Synonym of グラディアトル (guradiatoru): a gladiator

walking backwards

an American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)

(historical) a Japanese envoy to Tang China

tide