daruma-san ga koronda ("Daruma fell over"), a Japanese children's game equivalent to the Western "statues"

The 10-syllable interjection used to count down, syllable by syllable, in daruma-san ga koronda

octopus sausage (wiener sausage with cuts in the base that cause the sausage to curl when cooked, resembling an octopus' limbs)

arduous is the race against time as one grows old. (literally "as the sun goes down, the road remains a long one.")

(Buddhism) complete enlightenment

(Buddhism) the supreme perfect enlightenment

fact-finding committee

Short for 国際連合安全保障理事会 (Kokusai Rengō Anzen Hoshō Rijikai, “United Nations Security Council”); short for 国連安全保障理事会 (Kokuren Anzen Hoshō Rijikai, “UN Security Council”); the Security Council

You should treasure every encounter, for it will never recur.

a Romanization method of Japanese, combining the 標準式 (hyōjun-shiki) and 日本式 (Nihon-shiki) styles, that was adopted in 1937 by Cabinet order and slightly modified in 1954