beheading (an instance of beheading, as punishment)

tilt one's head in confusion / (idiomatic) be puzzled

stick one's head into / (idiomatic) pry, stick one's nose into

Shuri (a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan) / (historical) Shuri (the capital of the Ryūkyū Kingdom)

Synonym of 黄昏 (tasogare, “dusk; twilight”) / Synonym of 黄昏時 (tasogaredoki, “dusk; twilight”)

to wait eagerly or impatiently

(idiomatic) to wait for one's punishment, to wait and see

(Buddhism) think on the power of Kannon

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

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