Kyūjitai form of 鎖国 (“national isolation”)

the lock and key for a gate

to close and lock a gate

Alternative spelling of がらがら蛇

dragon dance, a traditional Chinese folk dance, also performed in Nagasaki and other places / snake dance, part of a Hopi religious ritual that involves handling rattle snakes

Alternative spelling of 蛇使い (“snake charming; snake charmer”)

snake charming / a snake charmer

snake slough; snake's exuvia

snakeskin / (dermatology) peeling skin syndrome, as if moulted like snakeskin / Short for 蛇皮線 (jabisen): a 三線 (sanshin, “Okinawan fretless lute”) usually made from snakeskin

(idiomatic) unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest