美樹子: a female given name / 幹子: a female given name

妙鈸, 明鈸, 命鈸: Buddhist cymbals; made of brass, these hand-cymbals are struck together during the intervals between the sutras at temples, and during funeral services, producing a sound that drives away yōkai, such as a kasha, to protect the dead.

澪標: dolphin (structure used to indicate bounds of a water channel)

妙法蓮華経: the Lotus Sutra

asleep / lying down / to rest

sleep / lie down

(Japanese mythology) the first of the sons of 天照 (Amaterasu) (along with 天穂日 (Ama no Hohi), 天津彦根 (Amatsuhikone), 活津彦根 (Ikutsuhikone) and 熊野櫲樟日 (Kumanokusuhi)) who were given birth by 素戔嗚 (Susa no O) by chewing her jewels during the 誓約 (ukei, “oath”) to test his intent seeking refuge in her heavenly domain (the five sons were hers; the three daughters she gave birth to were his); he was sent by his mother to rule the land of 葦原の中つ国 (Ashihara no Nakatsukuni), but ultimately he recommended his son 瓊瓊杵 (Ninigi) instead

(idiomatic) out of the blue, bolt from the blue, great surprise

the ears of someone sleeping / something heard while sleeping

whispering into someone's ear