Alternative spelling of じょうぎ座 (“Norma”)

(astronomy) Equuleus

way of sitting, way to sit

Japanese-style bedding / cushion used for Zen meditation

(astronomy) Indus (constellation)

learning by pure classroom instruction without practice

to learn by pure classroom instruction without practice

(Buddhism) Synonym of 獅子座 (shishiza, “lion throne”)

“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

(astronomy) Cygnus