妙鈸, 明鈸, 命鈸: Buddhist cymbals; made of brass, these hand-cymbals are struck together during the intervals between the sutras at temples, and during funeral services, producing a sound that drives away yōkai, such as a kasha, to protect the dead.

澪標: dolphin (structure used to indicate bounds of a water channel)

妙法蓮華経: the Lotus Sutra

密度: density

見本: sample

Eye dialect spelling of おまえ (omae), representing Nagoya Japanese.

宮家: a cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family, established upon the marriage of a 親王 (shinnō, “prince”)

三宅: a surname

hoarse voice / voice with an accent / voice with an unappealing thick, rumbling quality

to sleep slothfully / (by extension) to idle away one's time