Zhu Bajie

“a hundred days of sermonizing, one fart” → a metaphor for how something that one has put great effort into can come to nothing after even a slight mistake, much as a hundred days of serious spiritual study can be lost to the winds

able to both talk and do; an eloquent speaker and a skilled worker; one who works as well as talks

twenty-eighth day of the month

Alternative spelling of はちぶんぎ座 (“Octans”)

a princess of 因幡 (Inaba), who was pursued by 大国主 (Ōkuninushi) and his brothers, but ultimately became his wife

tesseract; 8-cell

Kyūjitai form of 正八胞体: tesseract

cubohemioctahedron

one of the three sacred treasures comprising the Imperial Regalia of Japan