三角柱: triangular prism

daruma-san ga koronda ("Daruma fell over"), a Japanese children's game equivalent to the Western "statues"

The 10-syllable interjection used to count down, syllable by syllable, in daruma-san ga koronda

octopus sausage (wiener sausage with cuts in the base that cause the sausage to curl when cooked, resembling an octopus' limbs)

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

(Buddhism) complete enlightenment

(Buddhism) the supreme perfect enlightenment

fact-finding committee

Short for 国際連合安全保障理事会 (Kokusai Rengō Anzen Hoshō Rijikai, “United Nations Security Council”); short for 国連安全保障理事会 (Kokuren Anzen Hoshō Rijikai, “UN Security Council”); the Security Council

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