shell-based craftsmanship

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伊邪那美: (Shinto mythology): Izanami, the Japanese creator goddess; the wife of Izanagi.

居酒屋: a Japanese bar that also sells snacks.

七七日: the forty-ninth day after a person dies; the Buddhist memorial service that occurs forty-nine days after a person dies

equalizer (device for altering audio frequencies)

the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 猶予(いざよ)う (izayou, “to pause, to hesitate”).

a hesitation, a pause

stabilizer; stabilizing agent

Aizawl (the capital of Mizoram, India)