the five lakes around Mount Fuji: 本(もと)栖(す)湖(こ) (Motosu-ko), 精(しょう)進(じ)湖(こ) (Shōji-ko), 西(さい)湖(こ) (Sai-ko), 河(かわ)口(ぐち)湖(こ) (Kawaguchi-ko) and 山(やま)中(なか)湖(こ) (Yamanaka-ko).

Japanese night heron

The Japanese festival for children; a traditional rite of passage and festival day in Japan for three- and seven-year-old girls and three- and five-year-old boys, held annually on November 15. As Shichigosan is not a national holiday, it is generally observed on the nearest weekend. Similar to こどもの日 (Kodomo no Hi, literally “Children's Day”)

a male given name

wave / wandering

Alternative form of 十二単

a Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)

210th day of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar; “storm day”

short for 小倉百人一首 (Ogura Hyakunin Isshu): a famous "one hundred poems anthology", used as the basis of certain card games

an anthology of one hundred poems by one hundred poets, one poet for each poem