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

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

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

pot calling the kettle black; six of one, half a dozen of the other

“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

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush