foolishness; silliness

wet

"letter closed" character (from 閉める, close) / sum (from 〆高, 締高, sum) / measurement of paper / bundle (from 締める, fasten)

buckle (belt clasp)

(business) closing up the cash register

causing attention, showing, important

the hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Lengths of laid rice straw rope used for ritual purification in Shinto shrines. They can vary in diameter from a few centimetres to several metres, and are often seen festooned with shide. A space bound by shimenawa often indicates a sacred or pure space, such as that of a Shinto shrine.

damp / moist / wet

絞め技: (judo) constriction techniques. Judo techniques including chokeholds and dōjime, shimewaza (or "shime-waza").