number two / runner-up

(Internet slang) opening 2 different windows (chatroom, etc.) at the same time

Moon on the second day of the lunar calendar, especially on August 2nd

a male given name

(historical, collective, government) the Two Departments, the 太政官 (Dajōkan, “Department of State”) and 神祇官 (Jingikan, “Department of Divinities”)

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

vicissitudes, the way that the world or a person prospers one day and declines the next

dotting the i's and crossing the t's

successive series of questions and responses

an order of merit higher than first class in the Japanese honors system