"letter closed" character (from 閉める, close) / sum (from 〆高, 締高, sum) / measurement of paper / bundle (from 締める, fasten)

buckle (belt clasp)

Lengths of laid rice straw rope used for ritual purification in Shinto shrines. They can vary in diameter from a few centimetres to several metres, and are often seen festooned with shide. A space bound by shimenawa often indicates a sacred or pure space, such as that of a Shinto shrine.

(business) closing up the cash register

凡: mediocre

凡: mediocrity / 坊: monk / 盆: tray

盆: Bon Festival / 梵: Brahma

(onomatopoeia) imitative of the sound of something rubbing or sliding and then bumping into place or coming out of place

お盆: the Obon festival

梵鐘: bonshō (large bell used in Buddhist temples)